cherry
A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stemA small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
» The cherry trees are about to blossom.
Die Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte.
Die Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor ihrer Blüte.
Скоро зацветёт черешня.
Вишни вот-вот зацветут.
Скоро заквітне черешня.
Meaning
12 sensesA small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
Kirsche, Chriesi
чере́шняčeréšnja, ви́шняvíšnja
чере́шняčeréšnja, ви́шняvýšnja
a red fruit with a single hard stone
Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
The wood of a cherry tree.
Kirschbaum, Kirschenbaum, Chriesibaum
ви́шняvíšnja, чере́шняčeréšnja, са́кураsákura
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
Cherry red.
a red the color of ripe cherries
The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.
(slang)Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
це́лкаcélka
целкаcelka
A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
(slang)A red cricket ball.
(slang)A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.
A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.
The burning tip of a cigarette.
(euphemistic, slang)A woman’s breasts.
Examples
316 sentencesThe cherry trees are about to blossom.
Скоро заквітне черешня.
ruСкоро зацветёт черешня.
deDie Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte.
There's an old cherry tree in the garden.
У саду росте стара вишня.
ruВ саду есть старая вишня.
deIm Garten steht ein alter Kirschbaum.
Tom cut down a cherry tree.
Том зрубав вишню.
ruТом срубил вишнёвое дерево.
deTom hat einen Kirschbaum gefällt.
Cherry blossoms last only for a few days, a week at the most.
Цвітіння сакури триває лише кілька днів, найдовше - тиждень.
ruЦветение сакуры всего лишь длится несколько дней и никогда больше недели.
I like cherries.
Я люблю черешню.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a pluralFrom Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.
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Forms
plural: cherriesSynonyms
4 synonyms- any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood:cherry tree
- a red the color of ripe cherries:cerisecherry red
Word family
53 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- cherry blossoms
- the cherry blossoms
- cherry trees
- cherry blossoms are
- cherry tree in
- the cherry trees