English
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Etymology
The word cereal comes from the ancient Goddess of agriculture, Ceres

Pronunciation
IPA|/sɪ�ɹi��ɫ/
audio|en-us-cereal.ogg|Audio (US)

Homophones
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Noun
cereal (countable and 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; (countable) a particular type of breakfast cereal.

#:(uncountable): Would you like some cereal?
#:(countable): Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Translations

trans-top|type of grass
Danish: korn, kornsort
Finnish: vilja
French: céréale f :fr:céréale|(fr)
trans-mid
German: Getreide n :de:Getreide|(de)
Portuguese: cereal
Spanish: cereal
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trans-top|grains of such a grass
Danish: korn
Finnish: vilja, viljanjyvä
German: Getreide n :de:Getreide|(de)
trans-mid
Portuguese: cereais
Spanish: cereal
trans-bottom

breakfast cereal
See breakfast cereal

Translations to be checked
ttbc|Macedonian: жи�о

External links
w:Category:Cereals|Lists of cereals at Wikipedia

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