"che" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ches [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian че (če). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|че}} Russian че (če) Head templates: {{en-noun}} che (plural ches)
  1. The letter Ч, ч. Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names Derived forms: Cheka Translations (Ч): че (če) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-che-en-noun-987jtlWB Disambiguation of Cyrillic letter names: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Etymology: A modification of ich, iche from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun). Doublet of utchy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ich|pos=pronoun|t=I}} Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun), {{doublet|en|utchy}} Doublet of utchy Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} che
  1. (personal, obsolete) I. Tags: obsolete, personal
    Sense id: en-che-en-pron-YXf9JmTX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
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            "Orthography",
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            "Proper nouns",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ч",
          "ч"
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