Adjective: cher
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | cher |
| Singular f. | chère |
| Plural m. | chers |
| Plural f. | chères |
Sample Sentences
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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.) [2010, Albert Valdman, et al., Dictionary of Louisiana French as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, page 49:]
Adjectives inflected like cher
étranger,
bocager,
phoquier,
bordier,
journalier,
perlier,
avant-dernier,
grossier,
usinier,
zonier,
usurier,
sondagier,
particulier,
buissonnier,
légumier,
potager,
sous-clavier,
résinier,
gaucher,
banqueroutier, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
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”). See: Latin Adjectives '
cārus'.
Verbs referencing "cher"
Spanish Adjectives
caro.
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