red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
(adjective) 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, cherry, cherry red
(noun) a red the color of ripe cherries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cerise (countable and uncountable, plural cerises)
A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
cerise (comparative more cerise, superlative most cerise)
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*rise", a. Etym: [F., a cherry. See Cherry.]
Definition: Cherry-colored; a light bright red; --- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
