cerezo

Inherited from Old Spanish cereso, probably from a Vulgar Latin cereseum, from Latin cerasus, from Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós). Cognate with English cerise and cherry.

• IPA^(key): /θeˈɾeθo/ [θeˈɾe.θo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seˈɾeso/ [seˈɾe.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -eso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ce‧re‧zo

cerezo m (plural cerezos)

1. cherry tree

• “cerezo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024