cheri
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃeʁi/
Middle English
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/
Descendants
References
- “cheri”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “cherī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-19.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Derived terms
- mcheri
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχɛrɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈχeːri/, /ˈχɛri/
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