sereal

Indonesian

Etymology

From English cereal, 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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [seˈreal]
  • Hyphenation: sé‧ré‧al
  • Rhymes: -al

Noun

séréal (plural sereal-sereal)

  1. cereal:
    1. breakfast cereal
    2. (sciences) a type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains; the grains of such a grass

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