cheri

See also: Cheri, chéri, and cherī

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French chéri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeʁi/

Noun

cheri

  1. darling, sweetheart
    Synonym: gate

Middle English

cheries

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheri, from Old Northern French cherise (cherry), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium (cerasum, cerasus (cherry tree)), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, cherry fruit), from κερασός (kerasós, bird cherry), and ultimately possibly derived from a language of Asia Minor. Displaced Old English ciris (also from Vulgar Latin ceresia), which died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French-derived word.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛriː/, /ˈtʃiriː/

Noun

cheri (plural cheries)

  1. cherry (fruit)
  2. (rare) cherry tree[2]

Descendants

  • English: cherry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: chirry, chery, cherrie, cherry
  • Middle Irish: silín, sirín

References

  1. cheri”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. cherī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-19.

Romani

Noun

cheri m (plural chera)

  1. sky

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English cherry.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

cheri (n class, plural cheri)

  1. cherry

Derived terms

  • mcheri

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

cheri

  1. Aspirate mutation of ceri.
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