Cerise may refer to: * The French word for

cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

, a fruit * Cerise (grape), an Argentinian wine grape *

Cerise (color) Cerise ( or ; ) is a deep to vivid reddish pink. Etymology The colour or name comes from the French word , meaning "cherry". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of ''cerise'' as a colour name in English was in ...

, a deep to vivid pinkish red

Places

Cerisé Cerisé () is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Orne department The following is a list of the 385 communes of the Orne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following interco ...

, Orne, France; a commune * Cerise Creek, Nlháxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy, Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada; a creek *

Millers Island Millers Island (alternatively Cerise) is a small island located in White Bay in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The nearest settlement is Hampden, where it can be seen clearly from the shore. On the island a graveyard from 1 ...

(also called Cerise Island), White Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; an island

People

;Given named *

Cerise Castle Cerise Castle is an American journalist. She received the IWMF Courage in Journalism Award for her investigative series on deputy gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Career Castle previously worked as an associate producer for ...

, U.S. journalist * Cerise Lim Jacobs, a stagewriter ;Surnamed *

Giuseppe Cerise Giuseppe Cerise was an Italian luger who competed in the mid-1980s. A natural track luger, he won a silver medal in the men's singles event at the 1984 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Kreuth, West Germany West Germany is ...

, Italian luger *

Laurent Cerise Laurent Alexis Philibert Cerise (27 February 1807 – 5 October 1869) was a French physician born in Aosta (today part of Italy). He studied medicine at the University of Turin, obtaining his doctorate in 1828. In 1831 he relocated to Paris, whe ...

(1807–1869), French medical doctor

Fictional characters

* Cerise (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics * Queue-de-Cerise, a fictional secretary from the French comic strip ''Gil Jourdan'' * Cerise (シェリス, Sherisu), a fictional character from the videogame ''

Rockman EXE Legend of Network is a video game in the ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series for mobile phones developed by Capcom. The game was only released and made available in Japan. It was preceded by ''Rockman EXE Phantom of Network is a video game in the ''Mega Man B ...

'' * Professor Cerise, a

character Character or Characters may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk * ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to The ...

in the ''Pokémon'' anime * Cerise Martin, a fictional character from the ''Balefire'' (novel series) by Cate Tiernan

Other uses

Cerise (satellite) Cerise (French for "cherry") was a French military reconnaissance satellite. Its main purpose was to intercept HF radio signals for French intelligence services. With a mass of 50 kg, it was launched by an Ariane rocket from Kourou in French ...

, military reconnaissance satellite of France * ''La Cerise'' (album), a 2007 album by

Matmatah Matmatah is a French Band (rock and pop), rock band, established in 1995 in Brest, Brittany, Brest, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany. History The band was established in 1995 when Tristan Nihouarn, who at the time was a student pursui ...

* Cerise by Gordon Ramsay, a restaurant in Tokyo; see

List of restaurants owned or operated by Gordon Ramsay Gordon Ramsay is a British chef, restauranteur, writer, television personality and food critic. He currently owns and/or operates restaurants across Europe, North America and Asia. Ramsay founded his first restaurant chain, Gordon Ramsay Resta ...

* Cerise Press, a French publisher founded by

Fiona Sze-Lorrain Fiona Sze-Lorrain (born 1980) is a French writer, musician, poet, literary translator, and editor. Early life and education Born in Singapore, Sze-Lorrain grew up trilingual and has lived mostly in Paris and New York City. She spent her childh ...