Cherry

Noun

 * 1) A red fruit with a single hard stone.
 * 2) The color of ripe cherries.
 * 3) Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry.
 * 4) A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
 * 5) A tree or shrub that bears cherries.
 * 6)  Virginity, particularly of a woman.

Adjective

 * 1) Red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet.
 * 2) Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies).
 * 3) Containing or having the taste of cherries.
 * 4)  In excellent condition; mint condition.

Adjectives for Cherry
fermented; fiery; ripened; blushing; pale.

Derived terms

 * Barbados cherry
 * black cherry
 * cherry birch
 * cherry bomb
 * cherry brandy
 * cherry laurel
 * cherry picker
 * cherry pie
 * cherry plum
 * cherry red
 * cherry tomato
 * cherry-pick
 * cherrystone
 * cherrywood
 * chokecherry


 * cornelian cherry
 * fire cherry
 * ground cherry
 * heart cherry
 * Jerusalem cherry
 * Mahaleb cherry
 * maraschino cherry
 * mazzard cherry
 * pin cherry
 * pop someone’s cherry
 * sand cherry
 * sour cherry
 * sweet cherry
 * wild cherry
 * winter cherry

Etymology
From ciris:, from  (loanword from  cherise:) cheri:.

The Middle English singular is a folk-etymology from cherise: (interpreted as a plural), from  *undefined:, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of  ceresium:, from  cerasium:, from  κεράσιον:.

Related terms

 * cerise

Translations

 * Albanian: qershi, vishnjë
 * Arabic: (káraz)  (collective),  (káraza)
 * Armenian: (sweet cherry),  (sour cherry)
 * Basque: gerezi
 * Bosnian: trešnja (sweet cherry), višnja  (sour cherry)
 * Breton: kerez collective noun, kerezenn
 * Bulgarian: (sweet cherry),  (sour cherry)
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Croatian: trešnja,  višnja
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kirsebær
 * Dutch:,  kriek
 * Esperanto:, , ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cereixa
 * Georgian: ალუბალი
 * German:
 * Greek: κεράσι
 * Ancient: κεράσιον
 * Gronings: ,
 * Hebrew: דובדבן (duvdevan)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: cerizo
 * Interlingua: ceresia
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: チェリー (cherī),  さくらんぼ (sakuranbo)


 * Korean: 버찌 (beojji)
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: cerasum
 * Lithuanian: vyšnia
 * Luxembourgish: Kiischt
 * Macedonian: цреша,
 * Maltese:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: kirsebær,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: czereśnia,  wiśnia
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cireașă,  vișină
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: siris(t)
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: trešnja,  višnja
 * Sicilian: cirasa
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: češnja,  višnja
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: körsbär, bigarrå
 * Tajik: гелос‍
 * Tamil: சேலாப்பழம்
 * Taos: ə̂bena
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: گىلاس
 * Vietnamese: dâu tây
 * Volapük: cel


 * Armenian: կեռասենի,
 * Basque: gerezi
 * Bosnian: trešnja,  višnja
 * Breton: kerezenn
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Croatian: trešnja,  višnja
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: kerselaar, kriekenboom
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cerdeira
 * German: Kirschbaum, Kirschenbaum
 * Greek: κερασιά (kerasiá)
 * Ancient: κέρασος (cérasos), κερασέα (keraséa) , κερασία (kerasía)
 * Hebrew: עץ דובדבן ('etz duvdevan)
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: ceresiero
 * Irish: crann silíní


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 桜 (sakura)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: cerasus
 * Lithuanian: vyšnia
 * Luxembourgish: Kiischtebam
 * Macedonian: цреша,
 * Navajo:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian: kirsebærtre
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: трешња,  вишња
 * Roman: trešnja,  višnja
 * Sicilian: cirasaru
 * Slovene: češnja,  višnja
 * Spanish: cerezo,  guindo
 * Swahili: mcheri
 * Swedish: körsbärsträd, körsbär
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: celep, celabim


 * Breton: kerezeg -i / -où
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: kersenhout, kers
 * German: Kirschenholz
 * Greek: κερασιά (kerasiá)
 * Hebrew: עץ דובדבן ('etz duvdevan)
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: цреша
 * Norwegian: kirsebærtre
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: körsbärsträ, körsbär
 * Turkish: kiraz kerestesi


 * Bulgarian: черешов
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto:
 * Greek: κερασί (kerasí), κερασένιο (kerasénio) , άλικο (áliko)
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: vyšninis


 * Norwegian: kirsebær
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili: rangi ya cheri
 * Swedish: körsbärsfärgad, körsbär
 * Turkish: kiraz rengi


 * French: cerise


 * Portuguese: cabaço

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: черешов, вишнев
 * Czech: třešňový
 * Dutch: met kersensmaak, kers
 * Esperanto: ĉeriza


 * Lithuanian: vyšninis
 * Polish:
 * Russian: вишнёвый
 * Swedish: med körsbärssmak


 * Dutch: kers
 * Esperanto: ĉerizkolora
 * Lithuanian: vyšninis


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: вишнёвый
 * Swedish: körsbärsfärgad