See cher on Wiktionary
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"homophone": "chair"
},
{
"homophone": "chairs"
},
{
"homophone": "chers"
},
{
"homophone": "chère"
},
{
"homophone": "chères"
}
],
"word": "cher"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "chere",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "chers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "chere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"singular",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "cheres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"subjective"
]
},
{
"form": "chers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cheres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cheres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cher",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"oblique",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"10": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "oblique and nominative feminine singular",
"4": "chere",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"g": "m",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)",
"name": "fro-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "chier"
}
],
"categories": [
"Old French adjectives",
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French lemmas",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of chier"
],
"links": [
[
"chier",
"chier#Old_French"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "cher"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cher meaning in All languages combined (24.2kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cher/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'mutation', 'mutation-soft', 'mutation-radical', 'mutation-aspirate'}",
"path": [
"cher"
],
"section": "Cornish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cher",
"trace": ""
}
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