adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink. countable, uncountable

   "Before us lay the autumn tinted woods glimmering in gold, purple, green, and cerise."

2. 2
   a red the color of ripe cherries wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Cherry-colored; a light bright red.

Adjective

1. 1
   of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A female given name from French.
2. 2
   A surname transferred from the given name.

Synonyms

All synonyms

blood-redbrickycardinalcarminecarminecarnation

Example

More examples

"Before us lay the autumn tinted woods glimmering in gold, purple, green, and cerise."

Etymology

Borrowed from French cerise (mid 19th century), itself from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasium. Doublet of cherry and kirsch.

Related phrases

Hollywood cerise

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