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English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Wheat, acereal (1).

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchcéréale(having to do with cereal), fromLatinCerealis(of or relating to Ceres), fromCeres(Roman goddess of agriculture), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱer-(grow), from which also Latinsincerus (Englishsincere) and Latincrēscō(grow) (Englishcrescent).

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Noun

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cereal (countable anduncountable,pluralcereals)

  1. (countable) A type ofgrass (such aswheat,rice oroats)cultivated for itsediblegrains.
  2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  3. (uncountable)Breakfast cereal.
    Would you like somecereal?
    Whichcereal would you like for breakfast?
    a bowl ofcereal

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Translations

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type of grass
grains of such a grass
breakfast cerealseebreakfast cereal

Adjective

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cereal (notcomparable)

  1. Of or relating tocereal.[1]
    • 1818,H[enry] T[homas] Colebrooke,On Import of Colonial Corn, London:J[ohn] Murray,→OCLC, page20; quoted in “Cereal (sīᵊ·riˌăl),a. andsb.”, inJames A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al.], editors,A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London:Clarendon Press,1884–1928,→OCLC,page230, column 1:
      Wheat .. is, of all thecereal seeds, the best adapted to the making of bread.
    • 1837,Henry Duncan, “Eleventh Week—Wednesday. The Corn-Plants.—Rice, Maize, and Millet.”, inSacred Philosophy of the Seasons; Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year,[volume 1] (Spring), Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Son; [],→OCLC,page333:
      Millet, the smallest of all thecereal seeds cultivated for food, grows on arid soils, where rice and maize cannot be successfully cultivated,[]
    • 1853,George Johnston, “The Natural History of the Eastern Borders”, inThe Botany of the Eastern Borders, [], London:John Van Voorst, [],→OCLC,page19:
      The river flows on, washing the base of the sandstone fossiliferous bank at Preston-bridge,—lightening up the rich valley of Preston-haugh,—lending beauty to the open demesnes of Broomhouse, and to the sylvan andcereal grounds of Blanerne;[]
    • 1864,Daniel Oliver, “Natural Order—Gramineæ. The Grass Family.”, inLessons in Elementary Botany. [], London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Macmillan and Co.,→OCLC, part II (Classification of Plants), class II (Monocotyledons), sub-class Glumiferæ,page267:
      The species printed in small capitals are Corn-producing orCereal Grasses, called Cereals, from Ceres, the Roman goddess of Corn.

References

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  1. ^cereal,adj. andn.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinCereālis(relating to Ceres), fromCerēs(goddess of agriculture).

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Noun

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cereal m (pluralcereals)

  1. cereal(type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
    • 2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol,Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals,→ISBN, page24:
      Tant a Catalunya com a Espanya la importància del cultiu delscereals ha anat augmentant en els darrers 40 anys.
      In Catalonia as well as in Spain, the importance ofcereal crops has been increasing in the past 40 years.
  2. (uncountable)cereal(the grains of such plants)
  3. (in theplural)breakfast cereal(food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinCereālis(relating to Ceres), fromCerēs(goddess of agriculture).

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  • IPA(key): /θeɾeˈal/[θe.ɾeˈɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (standard)/θeɾeˈal/[θe.ɾeˈɑɫ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo)/seɾeˈal/[se.ɾeˈɑɫ]

  • Rhymes:-al
  • Hyphenation:ce‧re‧al

Noun

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cereal m (pluralcereais)

  1. cereal

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing fromLatinCereālis(relating to Ceres), fromCerēs(goddess of agriculture).

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  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈaw/[se.ɾeˈaʊ̯],/se.ɾiˈaw/[se.ɾɪˈaʊ̯],(faster pronunciation)/seˈɾjaw/[seˈɾjaʊ̯]
  • (Brazil)IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈaw/[se.ɾeˈaʊ̯],/se.ɾiˈaw/[se.ɾɪˈaʊ̯],(faster pronunciation)/seˈɾjaw/[seˈɾjaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil)IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈaw/[se.ɾeˈaʊ̯]
 

Noun

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cereal m (pluralcereais)

  1. cereal(type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (uncountable)cereal(the grains of such plants)
  3. breakfast cereal(food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinCereālis(relating to Ceres), fromCerēs(goddess of agriculture).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain)/θeɾeˈal/[θe.ɾeˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines)/seɾeˈal/[se.ɾeˈal]
  • Rhymes:-al
  • Syllabification:ce‧re‧al

Noun

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cereal m (pluralcereales)

  1. cereal(type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (uncountable)cereal(the grains of such plants)
  3. (in theplural)breakfast cereal(food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

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