CERISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerise mean? 

• CERISE (noun)
  The noun CERISE has 1 sense:

1. a red the color of ripe cherries

  Familiarity information: CERISE used as a noun is very rare.

• CERISE (adjective)
  The adjective CERISE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CERISE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red the color of ripe cherries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cerise; cherry; cherry red

Hypernyms ("cerise" is a kind of...):

red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)

Derivation:

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

• CERISE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

cerise (a red the color of ripe cherries)

 Context examples 

"Vos doigts tremblent comme la feuille, et vos joues sont rouges: mais, rouges comme des cerises!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)