different between cereal vs ergotism

English

Etymology

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 *?er- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin cr?sc? (“grow”) (English crescent).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s???i???]
• Homophone: serial

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.

   Would you like some cereal?

   Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Synonyms

• (edible grains): foodgrain

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• crescent
• sincere

Translations

Further reading

• Lists of cereals at Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carlee, alerce, claree, cleare, relace

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cere?lis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cer?s (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /s?.?e?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se.?e?al/

Noun

cereal m (plural cereals)

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

Further reading

• “cereal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cereal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cereal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cereal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cere?lis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cer?s (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.??ja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?se.?i.?aw/, /?se.?e.?aw/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /?s?.??.?aw/, /?s?.??jaw/
• 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

Further reading

• “cereal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cere?lis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cer?s (“goddess of agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?e?e?al/, [?e.?e?al]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /se?e?al/, [se.?e?al]

Noun

cereal m (plural cereales)

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

Further reading

• “cereal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

ergot +? -ism

Noun

ergotism (countable and uncountable, plural ergotisms)

1. The plant disease caused by ergot.
2. The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
3. The usage of ergot infested grain to poison animals.

Synonyms

• ergotoxicosis
• Saint Anthony's fire

Etymology 2

French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.

Noun

ergotism (plural ergotisms)

1. A logical deduction.
   • c. 1670s, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals

     States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth […]

Anagrams

• gritsome

Romanian

Etymology

From French ergotisme

Noun

ergotism n (uncountable)

1. ergotism

Declension