Masculine

cereal

  1. (masculine) cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
  2. (masculine, uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)
  3. (masculine) breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)

Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/se.ɾeˈaw/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”). Equivalent to Ceres + -eal.

cereal grass

food grain

Indian corn

small grain cereals

edible corn

graminaceous plant

maize kernel

grain of maize

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