cherté

French

Etymology

cher +‎ -té, or from Latin cāritās, cāritātem (“dearness, charity”), from carus (“dear”). Compare the doublet charité.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ.te/
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Noun

cherté f (plural chertés)

expensiveness, high cost

Further reading

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

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