cheer

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere, from Late Latin cara.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tʃɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)

Noun

cheer (countable and uncountable; plural cheers)

1. (obsolete) The face. [13th-16th c.]
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:

     on the morne they departed, with wepyng chere, and than every knyght toke the way that hym lyked beste.

2. (obsolete) One's expression or countenance. [13th-19th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.50:

     Heraclitus taking pitie and compassion of the very same condition of ours, was continually seene with a sad, mournfull, and heavie cheere [transl. visage], and with teares trickling downe his blubbered eyes.

3. (archaic) One's attitude, mood. [from 14th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:

     And anon he talked with them, and sayde unto them: be of good chere, it is I, be not afrayed.

4. (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; a nice disposition. [from 14th c.]
5. A cry expressing joy, approval or support such as "hurray". [from 18th c.]

   A cheer rose from the crowd.

6. A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:applause

Translations

A pleasing attitude; a nice disposition

Bulgarian: настроение (bg) n.

Finnish: iloisuus, hilpeys

A cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy

Bulgarian: одобрително възклицание (bg) Esperanto: hurao (eo) Finnish: hurraahuuto, kannustushuuto

Hebrew: תשואות (tshu'ot) f. pl. Norwegian: heiarop (no) n.

Verb

cheer (third-person singular simple present cheers, present participle cheering, simple past and past participle cheered)

1. (intransitive) To shout a cheer or cheers.

   The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.

Derived terms

• cheerful
• cheer on
• cheers
• cheer up
• cheery
• in good cheer
• wotcher

Translations

To shout a cheer or cheers

Ainu: ヤヨパㇻセチュイ (yayoparsecuy) Bulgarian: аплодирам (bg) Esperanto: hurai (eo)

Finnish: hurrata (fi), kannustaa (fi) Norwegian: heie (no)

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tír, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”), i.e. "dry land" as opposed to lake or sea.

Noun

çheer f. (genitive cheerey, plural cheeraghyn)

1. land, country, state, territory, shore
   • Çheer gyn çhengey, çheer gyn ennym.
     • A country without a language (is) a country without a name.
   • Cheau mee laa er y çheer.
     • I spent a day in the country.
   • Daag ad y çheer oc.
     • They left their country.
   • Hie eh ass y çheer.
     • He went abroad.
   • Jimmee eh trooid yn çheer.
     • He passed through the country.
   • S'foddey yn çheer shen.
     • That's a far country.
   • Shimmey yn tonn eddyr y lhong as y çheer.
     • Many is the wave between the ship and the shore.
   • T'eh foast ayns çheer ny bioee.
     • He is still in the land of the living.
   • Ta'n awin yn slyst eddyr yn daa heer.
     • The river separates the two countries.

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
çheer	heer	jeer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• Çheer ny Aeg
• Yn Çheer Vannee