merise
French, noun/mə.ʁiz/
merise is spelled M-E-R-I-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merise is a French feminine noun meaning “wild cherry (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit du merisier, similaire à la cerise”.
What does merise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewild cherry (fruit)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit du merisier, similaire à la cerise.
noun: 1. Méthode d’analyse, de conception et de gestion de projet informatique.
adjective: 1. Se dit d’une tumeur, d’une pustule, ayant l’apparence d’une merise.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merise
- merises plural
- mérisés plural masculine
- mérisée singular feminine
- mérisées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merise?
- /mə.ʁiz/
- \mə.ʁiz\
- [a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is merise in French?
merise appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).