English

Etymology

Greek kerosos, a cherry tree, from keras, a horn.

Noun

cherry (plural: cherries )

1. a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
2. a tree or shrub that bears cherries.
3. the wood of a cherry tree.
4. a bright red colour

Scientific names

• Prunus avium
• Prunus cerasus

Adjective

cherry

1. containing or having the taste of cherries.
2. of a bright red colour.

Translations

• Arabic: كرز (krz)
• Breton: kerez collective noun kerezenn singular f (1), kerezenn f -ed pl (2), kerezeg f -i / -où pl (3)
• Catalan: cirera f
• Chinese: 樱桃
• Dutch: kers f, kriek f
• Esperanto: ĉerizo
• French: cerise f
• Galician: cereixa f (1), cerdeira f (2)
• German: Kirsche f
• Greek: (kerase)
• Hebrew: דובדבן m
• Interlingua: ceresia
• Italian: ciliegia
• Japanese: チェリー , 桜
• Korean: 버찌 (boecchi)
• Latin: cerasum
• Lithuanian: vyšnia f (1, 2), vyšninis m (adj.)
• Norwegian: kirsebær
• Portuguese: cereja f
• Romanian: cireaşă f (sweet cherry), vişină f (sour cherry), vişiniu (color)
• Russian: вишня , vishnya f (sour cherry), черешня , chereshnya f (sweet cherry), вишневый , vishnevyi (color)
• Slovene: češnja f (1,2), češnjevina f (3)
• Spanish: cereza f
• Swedish: körsbär (1), körsbärsträd (2), körsbärsträ (3)
• Volapük: cel

See also

• Appendix:Colours