cher

cher (plural chers)

1. Alternative spelling of 'cher

• ECHR, Rech

• cheru

From Latin pereō. Compare Daco-Romanian pieri, pier.

cher (past participle chiritã, cheritã)

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

• (die): mor

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ/

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

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

cher

1. dearly

   payer cher ― to pay dearly

• chèrement
• chérir
• cherté

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

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

1. Alternative form of chier