cher

cher (plural chers)

1. Alternative spelling of 'cher.

• ECHR, Rech, Herc, EHRC

• cheru, chier

From Latin pereō. Compare Romanian pier(i).

cher first-singular present indicative (past participle chiritã, cheritã)

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

• (die): mor

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ/

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

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

1. (before the noun) dear (beloved)
2. (after the noun) expensive

cher

1. dearly

   payer cher ― to pay dearly

2. (Lyon, slang) super

• “cher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

1. alternative form of chier