cerise

adjective (cerise); noun (cerise, uncountable — the colour)

«cerise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A bright deep pinkish-red colour, like cherries. tree →

In the lessons

Used in art lessons and in descriptions of clothes, flowers and paint. It tells the reader the exact shade: brighter and pinker than plain red. It comes from the French word for cherry.

Examples

She wore a cerise dress to the party. tree →
The cerise flowers stood out against the green leaves. tree →
We mixed red and a little white and blue to get cerise. tree →
Cerise is a bright cherry-pink colour. tree →
His bike was painted cerise and silver. tree →
The sunset turned the clouds cerise. tree →

Note

Say «suh-REEZ». No plural as a colour. It comes from French «cerise» (cherry), but in English it means only the colour.

On Mova

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