Wheat, acereal (1). Borrowed fromFrench céréale ( “ having to do with cereal ” ) , fromLatin Cerealis ( “ of or relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCeres ( “ Roman goddess of agriculture ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱer- ( “ grow ” ) , from which also Latinsincerus sincere crēscō ( “ grow ” ) (Englishcrescent
cereal (countable anduncountable plural cereals
( countable ) grass (such aswheat ,rice oroats )cultivated for itsedible grains .( uncountable ) ( uncountable ) Breakfast cereal .Would you like somecereal ?
Whichcereal would you like for breakfast?
a bowl ofcereal
(Cereals )cereal barley fonio maize corn millet oats rice rye sorghum teff triticale wheat type of grass
Albanian:drithi m Armenian:հացաբույս (hy) ( hacʻabuys ) ,հացահատիկային կուլտուրա (hy) ( hacʻahatikayin kultura ) Azerbaijani:taxıl (az) Basque:zereal Bulgarian:житна култура f ( žitna kultura ) Catalan:cereal (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:穀物 / 谷物 (zh) ( gǔwù ) ,穀類 / 谷类 (zh) ( gǔlèi ) Czech:obilnina (cs) f Danish:korn kornsort (da) Estonian:teravili Fijian:covuata Finnish:vilja (fi) French:céréale (fr) f Galician:cereal (gl) m Georgian:ხორბლის ( xorblis ) German:Getreide (de) n Korn (de) n Zerealie (de) f Greek:δημητριακά (el) n pl ( dimitriaká ) Haitian Creole:sereyal Hebrew:דָּגָן (he) m ( dagán ) Hindi:खाद्यान्न (hi) m ( khādyānn ) Hungarian:gabona (hu) ,gabonafélék (hu) pl gabonaneműek pl gabonanövény (hu) ,szemestermény liszttermék cereália Indonesian:sereal Italian:cereale (it) f Japanese:穀物 (ja) ( kokumotsu ) Latin:sacrificium n Latvian:labība (lv) f Lithuanian:javas m Macedonian:житарка f ( žitarka ) ,жито n ( žito ) Malay:bijian Maori:pata kai Nepali:खाद्यान्न (ne) ( khādyānna ) ,अनाज (ne) ( anāj ) Polish:zboże (pl) f Portuguese:cereal (pt) m Quechua:riwi Romanian:cereală (ro) f Russian:злак (ru) m ( zlak ) ,зернова́я культу́ра f ( zernovája kulʹtúra ) Serbo-Croatian:žitarica (sh) f Slovene:žito (sl) Spanish:cereal (es) m herbal m Swahili:nafaka (sw) Swedish:sädesslag (sv) n Tagalog:angkak Thai:ธัญพืช (th) ( tan-yá-pʉ̂ʉt ) Turkish:tahıl (tr) ,hububat (tr) Vietnamese:ngũ cốc (vi) Welsh:ŷd m Zulu:okusanhlamvu
grains of such a grass
Armenian:հացահատիկ (hy) ( hacʻahatik ) Bashkir:ярма ( yarma ) ,аш ( aş ) Bulgarian:зърнени храни pl ( zǎrneni hrani ) Catalan:cereals (ca) m pl Chinese:Mandarin:穀物 / 谷物 (zh) ( gǔwù ) Czech:obilí (cs) n Danish:korn Egyptian: (sšr Finnish:vilja (fi) ,viljanjyvä Galician:cereais m pl Georgian:ხორბლეული ( xorbleuli ) German:Getreide (de) n Korn (de) n Frucht (de) f Alemannic German:Frucht f Greek:δημητριακά (el) n pl ( dimitriaká ) Ancient:σῖτος m ( sîtos ) ,( Epic ) ἀκτή m ( aktḗ ) Hindi:खाद्यान्न (hi) m ( khādyānn ) Hungarian:gabona (hu) ,gabonaszem (hu) Karachay-Balkar:джарма ( carma ) Khakas:чарба ( çarba ) Korean:곡물 (ko) ( gongmul ) Kumyk:ярма ( yarma ) Latin:frūmentum n Latvian:labība (lv) f Macedonian:зрна n ( zrna ) ,жито n ( žito ) Malay:bijirin (ms) Maori:huapata Nepali:खाद्यान्न (ne) ( khādyānna ) ,अनाज (ne) ( anāj ) Polish:zboże (pl) n Portuguese:cereais m pl Romanian:cereală (ro) f grâne (ro) Russian:крупа́ (ru) f ( krupá ) Serbo-Croatian:zrno (sh) n Slovene:zrno (sl) Southern Altai:јарма ( ǰarma ) Spanish:cereales (es) m pl cereal (es) m mies (es) f Swedish:korn (sv) n Tagalog:angkak Turkish:please add this translation if you can Welsh:grawn m
cereal (notcomparable )
Of or relating tocereal .[ 1] 1818 H[ enry ] [ homas ] ,On Import of Colonial Corn , London:J[ ohn ] ,→OCLC 20 ; quoted in “Cereal (sīᵊ·ri ˌăl),a. andsb. ”, inJames A[ugustus] H[enry] Murray [et al. ], editors,A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary 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 page267 :The species printed in small capitals are Corn-producing orCereal Grasses, called Cereals, from Ceres, the Roman goddess of Corn.
Borrowed fromLatin Cereālis ( “ relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCerēs ( “ goddess of agriculture ” ) .
cereal m plural cereals
cereal ( type of grass cultivated for edible grains ) 2008 Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals →ISBN 24 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. ( uncountable ) cereal ( the grains of such plants ) ( in theplural ) breakfast cereal ( food processed from grains and eaten with milk ) Borrowed fromLatin Cereālis ( “ relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCerēs ( “ goddess of agriculture ” ) .
IPA (key ) : ( standard ) /θeɾeˈal/ [θe.ɾeˈɑɫ] IPA (key ) : ( seseo ) /seɾeˈal/ [se.ɾeˈɑɫ]
Rhymes:-al Hyphenation:ce‧re‧al cereal m plural cereais
cereal Learned borrowing fromLatin Cereālis ( “ relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCerēs ( “ goddess of agriculture ” ) .
( 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]
cereal m plural cereais
cereal ( type of grass cultivated for edible grains ) ( uncountable ) cereal ( the grains of such plants ) breakfast cereal ( food processed from grains and eaten with milk ) Borrowed fromLatin Cereālis ( “ relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCerēs ( “ goddess of agriculture ” ) .
IPA (key ) : ( Spain ) /θeɾeˈal/ [θe.ɾeˈal] IPA (key ) : ( Latin America, Philippines ) /seɾeˈal/ [se.ɾeˈal] Rhymes:-al Syllabification:ce‧re‧al cereal m plural cereales
cereal ( type of grass cultivated for edible grains ) ( uncountable ) cereal ( the grains of such plants ) ( in theplural ) breakfast cereal ( food processed from grains and eaten with milk ) 
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