sereal

Indonesian

Etymology

From English cereal, from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈreal]
• Hyphenation: sé‧ré‧al

Noun

séréal (first-person possessive serealku, second-person possessive serealmu, third-person possessive serealnya)

1. cereal:
   1. breakfast cereal.
   2. (sciences) a type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains; the grains of such a grass.

Further reading

• “sereal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.