Cheerios

See also: cheerios

English

Etymology

Introduced on May 2, 1941 as “Cheerioats”: cheery + oats. The name was shortened to “Cheerios” on December 2, 1945 after a competing cereal manufacturer, Quaker Oats, claimed to hold the rights to use the term oats.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪəɹ.i.əʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪɹ.i.oʊz/

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Proper noun

Cheerios

Cheerios

1. A toroidal toasted oat cereal made by General Mills.

Derived terms

• Cheerios effect
• piss in someone's Cheerios
• shit in someone's Cheerios

Translations

cereal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脆穀樂／脆谷乐 (zh) (Cuìgǔlè)

• Finnish: Cheerios
• French: Cheerios (fr)
• Greek: Cheerios
• Italian: Cheerios
• Portuguese: Cheerios

Noun

Cheerios

1. plural of Cheerio

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Cheerios.