Meaning

12 senses
  1. A 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

  2. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.

  3. The wood of a cherry tree.

    Kirschbaum, Kirschenbaum, Chriesibaum

    ви́шняvíšnja, чере́шняčeréšnja, са́кураsákura

    wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

  4. Cherry red.

    a red the color of ripe cherries

  5. The fruit of the coffee plant, containing the seeds or beans.

  6. (slang)Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.

    це́лкаcélka

    целкаcelka

  7. A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.

  8. (slang)A red cricket ball.

  9. (slang)A reddish mark left on the bat by the impact of the ball.

  10. A round, red light of the kind that is typically mounted on top of a police car.

  11. The burning tip of a cigarette.

  12. (euphemistic, slang)A woman’s breasts.

Examples

316 sentences
  1. The cherry trees are about to blossom.

    Скоро заквітне черешня.

    ruСкоро зацветёт черешня.

    deDie Kirschbäume stehen kurz vor der Blüte.

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  2. 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.

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  3. Tom cut down a cherry tree.

    Том зрубав вишню.

    ruТом срубил вишнёвое дерево.

    deTom hat einen Kirschbaum gefällt.

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  4. 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.

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  5. I like cherries.

    Я люблю черешню.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
color:
fruit:
slang: virginity:
Русский
By meaning 4
color:
fruit:
tree:
slang: virginity:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
fruit:
tree:
wood:

Origin

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural

From 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: cherries
Singularcherry
Pluralcherries

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • cherry blossoms
  • the cherry blossoms
  • cherry trees
  • cherry blossoms are
  • cherry tree in
  • the cherry trees

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cherry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto