cereal

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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.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: drithi — type of grass
• Armenian: հացաբույս (hacʻabuys) — type of grass
• Armenian: հացահատիկային կուլտուրա (hacʻahatikayin kultura) — type of grass
• Azerbaijani: taxıl — type of grass
• Basque: zereal — type of grass
• Belarusian: збо́жжа (zbóžža) — type of grass
• Bulgarian: жи́тна култу́ра (žítna kultúra) — type of grass
• Catalan: cereal — type of grass
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀物 /谷物 (gǔwù) — type of grass
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀類 /谷类 (gǔlèi) — type of grass
• Czech: obilnina — type of grass
• Danish: korn — type of grass
• Danish: kornsort — type of grass
• Esperanto: cerealo — type of grass
• Estonian: teravili — type of grass
• Fijian: covuata — type of grass
• Finnish: vilja — type of grass
• French: céréale — type of grass
• Galician: cereal — type of grass
• Georgian: ხორბლის (xorblis) — type of grass
• German: Getreide — type of grass
• German: Korn — type of grass
• German: Zerealie — type of grass
• Greek: δημητριακά (dimitriaká) — type of grass
• Haitian Creole: sereyal — type of grass
• Hebrew: דָּגָן (dagán) — type of grass
• Hindi: खाद्यान्न (khādyānn) — type of grass
• Hungarian: gabona — type of grass
• Hungarian: gabonafélék — type of grass
• Hungarian: gabonaneműek — type of grass
• Hungarian: gabonanövény — type of grass
• Hungarian: szemestermény — type of grass
• Hungarian: liszttermék — type of grass
• Hungarian: cereália — type of grass
• Indonesian: sereal — type of grass
• Italian: cereale — type of grass
• Japanese: 穀物 (kokumotsu) — type of grass
• Korean: 곡물 (gongmul) — type of grass
• Latin: sacrificium — type of grass
• Latvian: labība — type of grass
• Lithuanian: javas — type of grass
• Macedonian: житарка (žitarka) — type of grass
• Macedonian: жито (žito) — type of grass
• Malay: bijian — type of grass
• Māori: pata kai — type of grass
• Nepali: खाद्यान्न (khādyānna) — type of grass
• Nepali: अनाज (anāj) — type of grass
• Iranian Persian: غَلِّه (ġalle) — type of grass
• Polish: zboże — type of grass
• Portuguese: cereal — type of grass
• Quechua: riwi — type of grass
• Romanian: cereală — type of grass
• Russian: злак (zlak) — type of grass
• Russian: зернова́я культу́ра (zernovája kulʹtúra) — type of grass
• Serbo-Croatian: жита̀рица — type of grass
• Serbo-Croatian: žitàrica — type of grass
• Slovene: žito — type of grass
• Spanish: cereal — type of grass
• Spanish: herbal — type of grass
• Swahili: nafaka — type of grass
• Swedish: sädesslag — type of grass
• Tagalog: angkak — type of grass
• Thai: ธัญพืช (tan-yá-pʉ̂ʉt) — type of grass
• Turkish: tahıl — type of grass
• Turkish: hububat — type of grass
• Vietnamese: ngũ cốc — type of grass
• Welsh: ŷd — type of grass
• Zulu: okusanhlamvu — type of grass
• Southern Altai: јарма (ǰarma) — grains of such a grass
• Arabic: حُبُوب (ḥubūb) — grains of such a grass
• Armenian: հացահատիկ (hacʻahatik) — grains of such a grass
• Bashkir: ярма (yarma) — grains of such a grass
• Bashkir: аш (aş) — grains of such a grass
• Belarusian: збо́жжа (zbóžža) — grains of such a grass
• Bulgarian: зъ́рнени храни́ (zǎ́rneni hraní) — grains of such a grass
• Bulgarian: зъ́рно (zǎ́rno) — grains of such a grass
• Bulgarian: зърно́ (zǎrnó) — grains of such a grass
• Bulgarian: жи́то (žíto) — grains of such a grass
• Catalan: cereals — grains of such a grass
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀物 /谷物 (gǔwù) — grains of such a grass
• Czech: obilí — grains of such a grass
• Danish: korn — grains of such a grass
• Egyptian: sSr-Z1-U9:Z2ss (sšr) — grains of such a grass
• Esperanto: cerealo — grains of such a grass
• Estonian: teravili — grains of such a grass
• Finnish: vilja — grains of such a grass
• Finnish: viljanjyvä — grains of such a grass
• Galician: cereais — grains of such a grass
• Georgian: ხორბლეული (xorbleuli) — grains of such a grass
• German: Getreide — grains of such a grass
• German: Korn — grains of such a grass
• German: Frucht — grains of such a grass
• German: Frucht — grains of such a grass
• Greek: δημητριακά (dimitriaká) — grains of such a grass
• Ancient Greek: σῖτος (sîtos) — grains of such a grass
• Ancient Greek: ἀκτή (aktḗ) — grains of such a grass
• Hindi: खाद्यान्न (khādyānn) — grains of such a grass
• Hungarian: gabona — grains of such a grass
• Hungarian: gabonaszem — grains of such a grass
• Japanese: 穀物 (kokumotsu) — grains of such a grass
• Karachay-Balkar: джарма (carma) — grains of such a grass
• Khakas: чарба (çarba) — grains of such a grass
• Korean: 곡물 (gongmul) — grains of such a grass
• Kumyk: ярма (yarma) — grains of such a grass
• Latin: frūmentum — grains of such a grass
• Latvian: labība — grains of such a grass
• Macedonian: зрна (zrna) — grains of such a grass
• Macedonian: жито (žito) — grains of such a grass
• Malay: bijirin — grains of such a grass
• Māori: huapata — grains of such a grass
• Nepali: खाद्यान्न (khādyānna) — grains of such a grass
• Nepali: अनाज (anāj) — grains of such a grass
• Iranian Persian: غَلات (ġalât) — grains of such a grass
• Polish: zboże — grains of such a grass
• Portuguese: cereais — grains of such a grass
• Romanian: cereală — grains of such a grass
• Romanian: grâne — grains of such a grass
• Russian: крупа́ (krupá) — grains of such a grass
• Serbo-Croatian: зр̏но — grains of such a grass
• Serbo-Croatian: zȑno — grains of such a grass
• Slovak: obilie — grains of such a grass
• Slovene: zrno — grains of such a grass
• Spanish: cereales — grains of such a grass
• Spanish: cereal — grains of such a grass
• Spanish: mies — grains of such a grass
• Swedish: korn — grains of such a grass
• Tagalog: angkak — grains of such a grass
• Turkish: tahıl — grains of such a grass
• Ukrainian: збі́жжя (zbížžja) — grains of such a grass
• Welsh: grawn — grains of such a grass