cheri
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
cheri
- darling, sweetheart
- Synonym: gate
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheri, from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium (cerasum, cerasus (“cherry tree”)), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly derived from a language of Asia Minor. Displaced Old English ciris (also from Vulgar Latin ceresia), which died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French-derived word.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cheri (plural cheries)
- cherry (fruit)
- (rare) cherry tree[2]
Descendants edit
- English: cherry (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: chirry, chery, cherrie, cherry
- → Middle Irish: silín, sirín
References edit
- ^ “cheri”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “cherī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-19.
Romani edit
Noun edit
cheri m (plural chera)
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
cheri (n class, plural cheri)
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχɛrɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχeːri/, /ˈχɛri/
Verb edit
cheri
- Aspirate mutation of ceri.