cerise
/sɛˈriːs
/ /sɛˈriːz/noun [mass noun]
A light clear red colour: a shade of vivid cerise [as modifier]: a bright cerise suit...
- This year, the cerise and magenta pelagoniums I bought have all turned out to be bright red and wrecked my colour scheme (which was to have been plum, purple, cream and cerise / magenta).
- The Hat Box collection at Debenhams in Davygate starts at £15 too, with a selection of classic straw styles in a rainbow of colours from cerise to cream.
- Then there is the resumption of the Lissadell and Texas Downs stations, which are these pieces at the bottom in pinkish colour, cerise.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'cherry'.
Rhymes
- single-handedly
- single-hander
- single-lens reflex
- single malt
- single malt whisky
- single market
- single-minded
- single-mindedly
- single-mindedness
- singleness
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- single parent
- single-party
- single-player
- single room
- singles bar
- single-seater
- single-serving site
- single-source
- single stick
- singlet
- singleton
- single transferable vote
- singletree
- be left at the post