different between this vs cereal

English

Etymology

From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North Sea Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?s, IPA^(key): /ð?s/, /ð?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Determiner

this (plural these)

1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

2. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).

3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).

4. (informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".

5. (of a time reference) Designates the current or next instance. Cf. next.

Related terms

• that, these, those

Derived terms

• thisness
• this, that, and the other

Translations

Adverb

this (not comparable)

1. To the degree or extent indicated.

   I need this much water.

   Do we need this many recommendations?

   We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.

Translations

Pronoun

this (plural these)

1. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

   This isn't the item that I ordered.

   • This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars […] — Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1. Scene 2.

Related terms

• that, these, those

Translations

Noun

this (plural thises)

1. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
2. (computing) Referring to the current context in a programming environment in C-like languages.

Interjection

this

1. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms

• +1
• IAWTP
• QFT

Anagrams

• HITs, Hist, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, shit, sith, tish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Pronoun

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Adverb

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)

Pronoun

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)

Quechua

Etymology

onomatopoeia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?is/

Interjection

this

1. the sound a cat makes when preparing to attack something
2. the sound of damp wood burning

References

• “this” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo, page 207.

Scots

Determiner

this (plural thir)

1. this
2. Doric form of thir (“these”)

Pronoun

this (plural thir)

1. this
2. Doric form of thir (“these”)

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.