[edit]English Wikipedia has an article on:cherryWikipedia Cherries of varying degrees of ripeness
Etymology
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From Middle Englishchery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Normancherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old Englishċiris, ċirse(“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic*kirsijā, from Vulgar Latinceresia, derived from Late Latinceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greekκεράσιον(kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός(kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word).[1] Doublet of cerise, Giresun, andkirsch.
Pronunciation
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(UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
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Rhymes: -ɛɹi
Noun
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cherry (plural cherries)
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
The wood of a cherry tree.
Cherry red.
The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
(slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
1965 [1955], J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man, New York: Delacorte Press, page 39:"Well, Dangerfield, in less than an hour I'm off in search of my fortune. Jesus, I'm excited, like I was going to lose my cherry. Woke up this morning with an erection that almost touched the ceiling."
1979, David Bowie, Brian Eno, “Boys Keep Swinging”, in Lodger, performed by David Bowie:Nothing stands in your way when you're a boy / Clothes always fit ya / Life is a pop of the cherry when you're a boy
1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 20:Philips—Sergeant Gerheim's black, silver-tongued House Mouse—is telling everybody about the one thousand cherries he has busted.
1986, “Short Side (Blow Job Betty)” (track 5, 6:36–6:43 from the start), in Too Short (lyrics), Raw, Uncut and X-Rated:So what bitch, I busted your cherry – / Hell fucking no, I don’t wanna git married
(graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
2004, Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp, S Muthukrishnan, Ugur Dogrusoz, Combinatorial Pattern Matching, Berlin […]: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 210:Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry v 1 ∈ T 1 {\displaystyle v_{1}\in T_{1}}
2005, Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 74:Step 3: Output the tree T. The edge lengths of T are determined recursively: If (x,y) is a cherry connected to node z as in Step 2
(cricket, slang) A red cricket ball.
2000, Woorkheri Raman, “Indians adopt safety first tactics”, in ESPNcricinfo[2], archived from the original on 7 July 2022, retrieved 25 November 2024:The Indians have to get early wickets on the morrow and they will have the option of taking the new cherry.
2007, Ben Dirs, “England v West Indies 1st Test”, in BBC Sport[3], archived from the original on 9 April 2016, retrieved 25 November 2024:Players are back out and it's Harmison to have first go with the cherry.
(cricket, slang) A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.
A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car. Synonym:cherrytop
2009, Sandra Brown, Smash Cut, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 249:"What do you think?" he asked as he wove through traffic, matching Sanford's speed but without the benefit of a flashing cherry on the roof of his car.
2011, Rick Mofina, In Desperation, Don Mills, Ontario: MIRA, →ISBN, page 44:“This is a cartel operation,” Hackett said as Larson activated the dash-mounted cherry
The burning tip of a cigarette.
1991, Douglas Coupland, “Celebrities Die”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 115:I'm horrified: Dag is burning holes in the roof of the car with the cherry of his cigarette.
Usage notes
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The cherry includes, but is not limited to, the following species, of the genus Prunus: Prunus avium (wild cherry, mazzard, sweet cherry), P. cerasus (sour cherry), Prunus mahaleb (mahaleb cherry, rock cherry), P. pensylvanica (pin cherry, bird cherry), P. pumila (sand cherry), P. serotina (black cherry), P. serrulata (Japanese flowering cherry, hill cherry), and P. virginiana (chokecherry). Prunus also includes plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds.
Hypernyms
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(fruit): fruit
(tree): tree, plant
Hyponyms
[edit] other types of cherry tree and fruit
bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata)
clove cherry (Prunus apetala)
cyclamen cherry (Prunus cyclamina)
duke cherry (Prunus gondouinii)
dwarf cherry (Prunus cerasus, P. fruticosa, P. pumila; Exocarpus strictus)
evergreen cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
greyleaf cherry (Prunus canescens)
heart cherry (Prunus avium subsp. juliana)
hollyleaf cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
humble bush cherry (Prunus humilis)
laurel cherry (Prunus sect. Laurocerasus)
steppe cherry (Prunus fruticosa)
sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
wild cherry (Prunus avium, P. serotina)
Derived terms
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bite at the cherry
bite of the cherry
bowl of cherries
Brazil cherry
Brazilian cherry
Cayenne cherry
cherpumple
cherried
cherries and berries
cherries jubilee
cherryade
cherry alder
cherry angioma
cherry Bakewell
cherry blossom front
cherry-bomb
cherry boy
Cherrybrook
Cherry Burton
cherry coal
cherry graph
Cherry Green
Cherry Grove
cherry guava
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hinton
cherrying
cherry knocking
cherryless
cherry light
cherrylike
cherry-merry
cherry-merry-bamboo
cherry nose
cherry on the cake
cherry on top
cherry orange
Cherry Orchard
cherry pick
Cherry Picker
cherry-picker
cherry-picking
cherry picking
cherry pit
cherry-pop
cherry-popper
cherry-popping
cherry-red
cherry salmon
cherry satinash
cherry slug
cherrytini
cherry top
cherry topper
cherry-tree
Cherry Tree
cherry tree
Cherry Tree Hill
cherry wood
Chinese cherry
chip cherry
chokecherry
dash cherry
dog-cherry
dog's cherry
groundcherry
holly-leaved cherry
Hottentot cherry
Japanese cherry birch
Khoi cherry
Napoleon cherry
perfumed cherry
pop someone's cherry
pop the cherry
pretty please with a cherry on top
Queensland cherry
rum cherry
Spanish cherry
Surinam cherry
Suriname cherry
tart cherry
Washington cherry tree
Yoshino cherry
Descendants
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→ Bengali: চেরি(ceri)
→ Burmese: ချယ်ရီ(hkyairi)
→ Cantonese: 車厘子 / 车厘子(ce1 lei4 zi2)
→ Hindi: चेरी(cerī)
→ Japanese: チェリー(cherī)
→ Kapampangan: tiéri
→ Korean: 체리(cheri)
→ Malay: ceri
Indonesian: ceri
→ Māori: tiere
→ Punjabi: ਚੈਰੀf(cairī)
→ Spanish: cherry
→ Swahili: cheri
→ Thai: เชอร์รี(chəə-rîi)
→ Urdu: چیری(cerī)
→ Unami: chèlis
Translations
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Albanian: qershi (sq), vishnjë (sq)
Antillean Creole: siriz
Arabic: كَرَز (ar)m(karaz)(collective), كَرَزَةf(karaza), حَبّ المُلُوكm(ḥabb al-mulūk), قَرَاسِيَاf(qarāsiyā) Egyptian Arabic: كريزm(krez) Gulf Arabic: كرزm(karaz) Moroccan Arabic: حب الملوك(ḥabb el-mlūk) Tunisian Arabic: حب الملوك(ḥabb el-mlūk)
cherry (comparative cherrier or more cherry, superlative cherriest or most cherry)
Containing or having the taste of cherries.
Of a bright red color; cherry red. cherry:
(informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
2003, John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 108:A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention.
2006, “White & Nerdy”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics), Straight Outta Lynwood, performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic:All of my action figures are cherry
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Interlingua: (please verify) ceresia
Volapük: (please verify) cel (vo)
See also
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blood red
brick red
burgundy
cardinal
carmine
carnation
cerise
cherry
cherry red
Chinese red
cinnabar
claret
crimson
damask
fire brick
fire engine red
flame
flamingo
fuchsia
garnet
geranium
gules
hot pink
incarnadine
Indian red
magenta
maroon
misty rose
nacarat
oxblood
pillar-box red
pink
Pompeian red
poppy
raspberry
red violet
rose
rouge
ruby
ruddy
salmon
sanguine
scarlet
shocking pink
stammel
strawberry
Turkey red
Venetian red
vermilion
vinaceous
vinous
violet red
wine
black birch
Chinese lantern
gean
kirsch
marasca (Prunus cerasus var. marasca)
morello
myrobalan
oxheart
sweet birch
tomatillo
tommyto
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Verb
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cherry (third-person singular simple present cherries, present participle cherrying, simple past and past participle cherried)
(transitive, dated, obsolete) To redden; to infuse a cherrylike color to something.
(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cheer, to delight.
References
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^ Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (2010), “κέρασος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek[1], Brill, →ISBN
French
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Etymology
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From Englishcherry.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /ʃɛ.ʁi/ ~ /ʃe.ʁi/, /tʃɛ.ʁi/ ~ /tʃe.ʁi/
Audio (France (Lyon)):
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Noun
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cherrym (plural cherrys or cherries)
cherry brandy
Further reading
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“cherry”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
