cireașă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈre̯a.ʃə/

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Noun

cireașă f (plural cireșe)

1. cherry

Declension

Declension of cireașă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) cireașă	cireașa	(niște) cireșe	cireșele
genitive/dative	(unei) cireșe	cireșei	(unor) cireșe	cireșelor
vocative	cireașă, cireașo		cireșelor

Derived terms

• cireșar

Related terms

• cireș

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: череша (čereša)