cereal
Of or relating to cerealOf or relating to cereal.
» I'll have some cereal and orange juice.
Ich nehme ein Müsli und einen Orangensaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я буду пластівці та апельсиновий сік. — deniko
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1 senses(not comparable)Of or relating to cereal.
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
Examples
120 sentencesI'll have some cereal and orange juice.
Я буду пластівці та апельсиновий сік. — deniko
deIch nehme ein Müsli und einen Orangensaft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom poured himself some cereal.
Том насипав собі трохи сухих пластівців. — deniko
Tom poured milk on his cereal.
ruТом налил в хлопья молока. — marafon
Tom usually eats cereal for breakfast.
ruТом обычно ест на завтрак хлопья. — marafon
Tom ate three bowls of cereal.
Origin
Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relBorrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.
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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- bowls of cereal
- cereal for breakfast
- eats cereal
- some cereal
See also
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