ché

See also: Appendix:Variations of "che"

Dakota

Noun

ché

1. penis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃe/

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• Homophones: chais, chez

Contraction

ché

1. alternative form of chais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [çeː]

Noun

ché f

1. lenited form of cé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke/^*
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ché

Conjunction

ché

1. 'cause; since; given that; seeing that; untranslated, giving a reason.

   Sveglia, ché devi andare a scuola!

   Wake up! [given that] you have to go to school.

   Me ne torno a casa, ché fa troppo freddo.

   I go back home, 'cause it is too cold [here].

   Aspetta qui un attimo, ché apre fra poco.

   Wait here a bit, [given that] it will open soon.

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
     mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
     ché la diritta via era smarrita.

     Midway upon the journey of our life
     I found myself within a forest dark,
     for the straightforward pathway had been lost.

   • 2018, Calcutta, “Kiwi”, in Evergreen:

     Metti le scarpe più brutte, ché ti porto a ballare.

     Wear your ugliest shoes, because I am taking you dancing

   • 2018, Damiano David, “Torna a casa [Come back home]”, in Il ballo della vita [The dance of life], performed by Måneskin:

     Quindi, Marlena, torna a casa, ché il freddo qua si fa sentire. Quindi, Marlena, torna a casa, ché ho paura di sparire.

     So, Marlena, come back home, because the cold here can be felt. So, Marlena, come back home, because I am afraid of disappearing.

2. (interrogative, literary) clipping of perché (“why”)
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIII”, in Inferno [Hell], line 69; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     […] dicendo: "Padre mio, ché non m'aiuti?".

     […] saying: "My father, why dost thou not help me?".

     (literally, “ […] saying: "My father, why don't you help me?".”)

Usage notes

• In the non-interrogative sense, often spelled like che, even though that is less correct.

Further reading

• ché in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• ché in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• che — nonstandard
• ĉé — very rare shorthand

Romanization

ché (che², Zhuyin ㄔㄜˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧙝

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin quid.

Pronoun

ché (interrogative)

1. what?

   Màgneło ché?

   What are you eating?

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• choé

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) ché • (𡍘, 𪨛, 𫵨, 𬎭)

1. big-bellied jar

Anagrams

• héc