cher

cher (plural chers)

1. Alternative spelling of 'cher.

• ECHR, Rech, Herc, EHRC

• cheru, chier

From Latin pereō. Compare Romanian pier(i).

cher (participle chiritã, cheritã)

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

• (die): mor

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

Borrowed from English cheer.

cher m (plural cheryow)

1. cheer, mood, state of mind

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

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): [ʃæɾ], [ʃæː]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Homophones: chaire, chaires, chair, chairs, chers, chère, chères

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

• Per LaFleur (1999), cher is French Louisiana's favorite term of endearment.^[1]

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

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

• Haitian Creole: chè
• Louisiana Creole: shèr, shè, shær, shæ

cher

1. dearly

   payer cher ― to pay dearly

2. (Lyon, slang) super

• Louisiana Creole: shèr, shè, shær, shæ

• “cher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

1. alternative form of chier