cher
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
cher (plural chers)
- Alternative spelling of 'cher
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin pereō. Compare Romanian pieri, pier.
VerbEdit
cher (past participle chiritã, cheritã)
SynonymsEdit
- (die): mor
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum, accusative of cārus (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ʃæ]
- Rhymes: -ɛʁ
- Homophones: chaire, chaires, chair, chairs, chers, chère, chères
AdjectiveEdit
cher (feminine chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)
- (before the noun) dear (beloved)
- (salutation of a letter) dear
- Chère Marie ― Dear Marie
- (after the noun) expensive
AdverbEdit
cher
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)
- Alternative form of chier