cereal
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cereal¹
- /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ UK
- [ˈsiːɹiəl] Canada
Sounds like serial
Where it comes from
Borrowed 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.
noun cereals
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A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
Similar: foodgrain
- The grains of such a grass.
- Breakfast cereal. Would you like some cereal?
- a brand or type of breakfast cereal. The supermarket shelf has many different cereals.
adjective
- Of or relating to cereal. Wheat .. is, of all the cereal seeds, the best adapted to the making of bread.
Cereal²
proper noun
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
adjective more Cereal · most Cereal
- Of or relating to the goddess Ceres. By means of statues and coinage depicting his wife Livia in the guise of Ceres and himself in the Cereal crown of the Arval Brethren, Augustus implied that his own godlike charisma helped keep the plebeians fed […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: grain, cereal grass, food grain, wheat, rye, oatmeal, corn, porridge, oilseed, crop, seed, food, grains, milling, valley, mush
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noun type of grass
| Español | cereal, herbal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곡물 gongmul |
| 日本語 | 穀物 kokumotsu |
| 中文 | 穀物 /谷物 gǔwù, 穀類 /谷类 gǔlèi |
| हिन्दी | खाद्यान्न khādyānn |
| Kiswahili | nafaka |
| Português | cereal |
| Français | céréale |
| Deutsch | Getreide, Korn, Zerealie |
| Italiano | cereale |
| Ελληνικά | δημητριακά dimitriaká |
| Română | cereală |
| Русский | злак zlak, зернова́я культу́ра zernovája kulʹtúra |
| Tiếng Việt | ngũ cốc |
| עברית | דָּגָן dagán |
Talk about this word "cereal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cereal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cereal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cereal "cereal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cereal.Cite this
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title = {cereal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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