cereal
Spanish, noun/θeɾeˈal/
cereal is spelled C-E-R-E-A-L (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cereal is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de numerosas plantas de la familia de las poáceas, cultivadas por su fruto en forma de cariópside.…”.
What does cereal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)
- 2
masculinecereal (the grains of such plants)
- 3
masculinebreakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de numerosas plantas de la familia de las poáceas, cultivadas por su fruto en forma de cariópside. Éste, llamado vulgarmente grano, se consume fresco o seco y molido en forma de harina, constituyendo la base de la alimentación en muchas culturas. 2. En particular, fruto de estas plantas. 3. Alimento preparado a partir de estos frutos y consumido remojado en leche u otro líquido, con frecuencia como parte del desayuno.
adjective: 1. Propio de o relativo a la diosa Ceres.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cereal
- cereales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cereal?
- /θeɾeˈal/
- [θe.ɾeˈal]
- /seɾeˈal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cereal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cereal in Spanish?
cereal appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).