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la cerise
cherry
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How do you say cerise in French?
How do you pronounce cerise in French?
cerise is pronounced /la səʁiz/ in French.
Example sentences
La cerise rouge que j'ai cueillie ce matin est délicieuse.
The red cherry that I picked this morning is delicious.
Cette cerise est trop petite pour être vendue au marché.
This cherry is too small to be sold at the market.
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Why is it feminine?
Cerise is feminine because it derives from Latin "cerasa," the plural form of "cerasum" (cherry), which was treated as a feminine singular noun in Old French and retained that gender through its evolution into Modern French. The shift from Latin neuter/masculine forms to a feminine noun is typical of how many French fruit names evolved from Latin plurals that were reanalyzed as feminine singulars.
What is the French word for cherry?
The French word for cherry is la cerise — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | cereja | a | feminine |
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