"cheche" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cheches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheche (plural cheches)
  1. A piece of clothing used commonly in hot deserts to protect oneself from the sun or sandstorms.
    Sense id: en-cheche-en-noun-4s1WwaAg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Clothing

Noun [Mapudungun]

Forms: spelling [Unified]
Head templates: {{head|arn|noun}} cheche
  1. maternal grandfather

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-cheche.flac [Kenya] Forms: macheche [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:inh|bnt-pro:|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "cheche", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="cheche"> Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} cheche class V (plural macheche class VI)
  1. spark Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-cheche-sw-noun-kvRzgJ5Z
  2. slice, piece Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-cheche-sw-noun-xKh27Id0
  3. various kinds of fish, including wrasse and tarpon Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-cheche-sw-noun-De1kNoSr Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Fish Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 95 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 5 5 89 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Fish: 0 0 100

Noun [Ulithian]

Etymology templates: {{redup|uli|-|nocat=1}} Reduplication of, {{cog|poz-mic-pro|*sae|t=torn}} Proto-Micronesian *sae (“torn”) Head templates: {{head|uli|noun}} cheche
  1. hole
    Sense id: en-cheche-uli-noun-Oe5FUZcH Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Ulithian entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.