English

Proper noun

Cereal

1. A village in Alberta, Canada.

Adjective

Cereal ‎(comparative more Cereal, superlative most Cereal)

1. Of or relating to the goddess Ceres.
   • 2013, Giovanni Casadio, Patricia A. Johnston, Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

     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 […]

English

Wheat, a cereal (1).

Noun

cereal ‎(usually uncountable, plural cereals)

1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

   Would you like some cereal?

4. (countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.

   Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Synonyms

• (edible grains): foodgrain

Hyponyms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

Related terms

• crescent
• sincere

Translations

Anagrams

• claree
• cleare
• relace

Catalan

Noun

cereal m ‎(plural cereals)

1. cereal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Cereālis ‎(“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs ‎(“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.ɾi.ˈaw/, /ˌse.ɾe.ˈaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈɾjaɫ/
• Homophone: serial

Noun

cereal m (plural cereais)

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

Hypernyms

• (type of grass): gramínea

Hyponyms

• (Cereals) cereal; arroz, aveia, centeio, cevada, fonio, milhete/milheto, milho, sorgo, trigo, triticale

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Cereālis ‎(“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs ‎(“goddess of agriculture”).

Noun

cereal m ‎(plural cereales)

1. cereal