cheri

See also: Cheri, chéri, and cherī

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French chéri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeʁi/

Noun

cheri

1. darling, sweetheart

   Synonym: gate

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Middle English

cheries

Alternative forms

• chiri, chirie, chyry, chere, cherie, chery

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cheri, from , 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛriː/, /ˈtʃiriː/

Noun

cheri (plural cheries)

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

Descendants

• English: cherry (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: chirry, chery, cherrie, cherry
• → Middle Irish: silín, sirín
  • Irish: silín
  • Manx: shillish
  • Scottish Gaelic: sirist

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Romani

Noun

cheri m (plural chera)

1. sky

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Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English cherry.

Noun

cheri (n class, plural cheri)

1. cherry

Derived terms

• mcheri

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχɛrɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈχeːri/, /ˈχɛri/

Verb

cheri

1. Aspirate mutation of ceri.