ciliegia
Italian
Alternative forms
- ciriegia (Tuscan)
Etymology
From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈljɛ.d͡ʒa/[1]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛdʒa
- Hyphenation: ci‧liè‧gia
Noun
ciliegia f (plural ciliegie or ciliege, diminutive ciliegìna, augmentative ciliegióna)
- cherry (fruit)
- (color) cherry
Related terms
- ciliegeto
- ciliegina
- ciliegino
- ciliegio (“cherry tree”)
- ciliegiolo
Adjective
ciliegia (invariable)
- (color) cherry
References
- ciliegia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)