che

See also: Appendix:Variations of "che"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian че (če).

Noun

che (plural ches)

1. The letter Ч, ч.

Translations

Ч

• Russian: че (ru) n (če)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

A modification of ich, iche from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun). Doublet of utchy.

Pronoun

che

1. (personal, obsolete) I.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:

     Nay, come not near th' old man; keep out, che vor / ye, or ise try whether your costard or my ballow be / the harder: ch'ill be plain with you.

Anagrams

• ECH, EHC

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Esperanto

Preposition

che

1. H-system spelling of ĉe

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Galician

Pronoun

che

1. dative of ti

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Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃe/

Pronoun

che

1. I, me

See also

Guaraní personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	che	ore (exclusive) ñande (inclusive)
2nd person	nde	peẽ
3rd person	ha'e	ha'ekuéra, hikuái

Determiner

che

1. my

   che angirũ — "my friend"

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ĉe, from French chez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/, /t͡ʃɛ/

Preposition

che

1. at, in, to (someone in his or her house, home or place), with (a people, in respect of their customs)

   Partio che me! ― Party at my place!

   Me lojas che mea patro. ― I live with my dad.

   Irez che la mediko! ― Go to the doctor!

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin quod.

Conjunction

che

1. that
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:

     Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia

     I have not found a sword that would cut me

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke/
• Hyphenation: che
• Rhymes: -e

Etymology 1

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

Pronoun

che

1. (interrogative) what; which
2. (relative) who; whom; which; nominative and accusative case

Synonyms

• (interrogative): cosa; che cosa
• (relative): il quale

See also

• cui (relative; dative and prepositional case)

Etymology 2

From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod-.

Conjunction

che

1. that
2. than
3. when

Determiner

che

1. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)

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Japanese

Romanization

che

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちぇ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チェ

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Ladin

Conjunction

che

1. that

Derived terms

• coche

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Mandarin

Romanization

che

1. Nonstandard spelling of chē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chě.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chè.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Middle English

Pronoun

che

1. Alternative form of sche

References

• “she, (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

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Picard

Determiner

che m

1. this

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Romagnol

Conjunction

che

1. that; which

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Romansch

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) that

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) ca, c'
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter, Vallader) cha

Pronoun

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) who, whom

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) tge
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter, Vallader) cha

Etymology 2

From Latin quid.

Pronoun

che

1. (Puter, Vallader) what

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tge
• (Sursilvan) tgei

Etymology 3

From Latin quod.

Conjunction

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) than

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) ca
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter) cu
• (Vallader) co

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃe]

Etymology 1

Noun

che f (plural ches)

1. Name of the digraph Ch/ch, previously was considered a letter.

Etymology 2

Interjection

che

1. (Argentine, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, regional Spain) hey

Descendants

• Portuguese: tchê

Noun

che m or f (plural che)

1. (colloquial, Chile) Argentinian person

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛ˧˧]

Verb

che • (枝, 𨑤, 𩂏, 𫑃)

1. to cover
2. (literally) to hide

Derived terms

Derived terms

• che chắn
• che chở
• che đậy
• che giấu
• chở che