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 (Englishsincere ) and Latincrēscō ( “ grow ” ) (Englishcrescent ).
cereal (countable anduncountable ,plural cereals )
( countable ) A type ofgrass (such aswheat ,rice oroats )cultivated for itsedible grains .( uncountable ) The grains of such a grass.( 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 ] T[ homas ] Colebrooke ,On Import of Colonial Corn , London:J[ ohn ] Murray ,→OCLC , page20 ; 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 ), 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.
Borrowed fromLatin Cereālis ( “ relating to Ceres ” ) , fromCerēs ( “ goddess of agriculture ” ) .
cereal m (plural cereals )
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. ( 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 )