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cerise

[ suh-rees, -reez ]

adjective

  1. moderate to deep red.


cerise

/ -ˈriːs; səˈriːz /

noun

    1. a moderate to dark red colour
    2. ( as adjective )

      a cerise scarf

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cerise1

From French, dating back to 1855–60; cherry
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cerise1

C19: from French: cherry
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Example Sentences

The garden now has 15 distinct rooms, affectionately given names such as Punchbowl, a space with an ombre effect, thanks to gradations of rhododendron colors from cerise to pink to white.

When we found her, she was in a cerise dress ornamented with black lace, two carmine stones in her ears, flanked by a couple of loutish youths in masks and hoodies, taking selfies.

Made up of a few varieties of cherries, the cerises noires d'Itxassou are sweet and fragrant, with just enough tart acidity to balance their honeyed flavor.

From Salon

One of the grooms was in a long black-and-gold tunic, the other in white picked out in cerise.

The glass structures, each varied shades of red — “habanero,” “hibiscus,” “carmine” and “cerise” — morph in transparency and reflectiveness as the sun shifts in the sky.

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