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cher

See also: Cher, chèr, and 'cher

English

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Noun

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cher (plural chers)

  1. Alternative spelling of 'cher.

Anagrams

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin pereō. Compare Romanian pier(i).

Verb

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cher (participle chiritã, cheritã)

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

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Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cheer.

Noun

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cher m (plural cheryow)

  1. cheer, mood, state of mind

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Mutation

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Mutation of cher
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
cher jer unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  • “cher” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cher m (plural chers, feminine chère)

  1. (Louisiana, endearing) dear, honey, hon
    • 2010, Albert Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 128:
      Quoi il y a, cher?
      What’s wrong, dear? / What is it, dear?
    • 1990, The Balfa Brothers, “Chère bassette”, in The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music, Vol. 1 & 2‎[1]:
      Tu connais moi j'ai du r'gret / J'ai du r'gret pour tout ça moi j't'ai fait / Pardonne-moi, viens-toi donc à la maison, chère
      You know I'm sorry / I'm sorry for all that I've done to you / Forgive me, come on back home, dear

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Louisiana Creole: shèr, shè, shær, shæ
  • → English: sha

Adjective

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

  1. (before the noun) dear, beloved
    • 2010, Albert Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 49:
      Chère Mam, c’est ca[sic] qui me fait plus de peine. De savoir ma mort aussi longtemps d’avance.
      Dear Mother, that’s what hurts me so. To know my death so far ahead of time.
  2. (after the noun) expensive, costly

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Adverb

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cher

  1. dearly
    payer cher ― to pay dearly
  2. (Lyon, slang) super

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References

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  1. ^ Amanda LaFleur (1999), “Chapter 1: Les amis et les amours”, in Tonnerre mes chiens!: A glossary of Louisiana French figures of speech, Ville Platte, LA: Renouveau Publishing, →ISBN, page 9

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Old French

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Adjective

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cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

  1. alternative form of chier

Declension

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Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject chers chere cher
oblique cher chere cher
plural subject cher cheres cher
oblique chers cheres cher
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