cher

See also: Cher, chèr, and 'cher

English

Noun

cher (plural chers)

1. Alternative spelling of 'cher

Anagrams

• ECHR, EHRC, Rech

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cheru

Etymology

From Latin pereō. Compare Romanian pieri, pier.

Verb

cher (past participle chiritã, cheritã)

1. I perish, die.
2. I disappear, vanish.

Synonyms

• (die): mor

Derived terms

• chiriri / chirire, cheriri / cherire,
• chirit, cherit

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French

Etymology

From Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Vulgar Latin *cāru, from Latin cārus, from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ʃæ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophones: chaire, chaires, chair, chairs, chers, chère, chères

Adjective

cher (feminine singular chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)

1. (before the noun) dear (beloved)
2. (salutation of a letter) dear

   Chère Marie ― Dear Marie

3. (after the noun) expensive

Adverb

cher

1. dearly

   payer cher ― to pay dearly

Related terms

• chèrement
• chérir
• cherté

Further reading

• “cher” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Adjective

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

1. Alternative form of chier

Declension

Declension of cher

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	chers	chere	cher
	Oblique	cher	chere	cher
Plural	Subject	cher	cheres	cher
	Oblique	chers	cheres	cher