"cher" meaning in French

See cher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʃɛʁ/, [ʃæ] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-cher.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav Forms: chère [feminine], chers [masculine, plural], chères [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cher|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cher, {{inh+|fr|frm|cher}} Inherited from Middle French cher, {{inh|fr|fro|cher}} Old French cher, {{inh|fr|la|cārus|cārum|t=dear, valuable}} Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*kāros}} Proto-Italic *kāros, {{inh|fr|ine-pro||*kéh₂ros}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros Head templates: {{fr-adj}} cher (feminine chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)
  1. (before the noun) dear (beloved)
    Sense id: en-cher-fr-adj-Tb7rYp3F Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 0 0
  2. (after the noun) expensive
    Sense id: en-cher-fr-adj-88yldf9-

Adverb

IPA: /ʃɛʁ/, [ʃæ] [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-cher.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav
Rhymes: -ɛʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cher|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cher, {{inh+|fr|frm|cher}} Inherited from Middle French cher, {{inh|fr|fro|cher}} Old French cher, {{inh|fr|la|cārus|cārum|t=dear, valuable}} Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*kāros}} Proto-Italic *kāros, {{inh|fr|ine-pro||*kéh₂ros}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros Head templates: {{fr-adv}} cher
  1. dearly
    Sense id: en-cher-fr-adv-qAzialLY
  2. (Lyon, slang) super Tags: Lyon, slang
    Sense id: en-cher-fr-adv-c9Gxsbwd Categories (other): Lyon French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chèrement, chérir, cherté, ne pas donner cher de la peau de, payer cher, prendre cher

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cārus",
        "4": "cārum",
        "t": "dear, valuable"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kāros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kāros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*kéh₂ros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chère",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chères",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cher (feminine chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dear (beloved)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cher-fr-adj-Tb7rYp3F",
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before the noun) dear (beloved)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "before the noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "expensive"
      ],
      "id": "en-cher-fr-adj-88yldf9-",
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after the noun) expensive"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after the noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-cher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg/Fr-cher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chers"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chère"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cher"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chèrement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chérir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cherté"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ne pas donner cher de la peau de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "payer cher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prendre cher"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cārus",
        "4": "cārum",
        "t": "dear, valuable"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kāros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kāros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*kéh₂ros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cher",
      "name": "fr-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to pay dearly",
          "text": "payer cher",
          "translation": "to pay dearly",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dearly"
      ],
      "id": "en-cher-fr-adv-qAzialLY",
      "links": [
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lyon French",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "super"
      ],
      "id": "en-cher-fr-adv-c9Gxsbwd",
      "links": [
        [
          "super",
          "super"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Lyon, slang) super"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Lyon",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-cher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg/Fr-cher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chers"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chère"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cher"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French adverbs",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cārus",
        "4": "cārum",
        "t": "dear, valuable"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kāros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kāros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*kéh₂ros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chère",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chères",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cher (feminine chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dear (beloved)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before the noun) dear (beloved)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "before the noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "expensive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expensive",
          "expensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after the noun) expensive"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after the noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-cher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg/Fr-cher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chers"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chère"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cher"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French adverbs",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛʁ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chèrement"
    },
    {
      "word": "chérir"
    },
    {
      "word": "cherté"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas donner cher de la peau de"
    },
    {
      "word": "payer cher"
    },
    {
      "word": "prendre cher"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cher",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "cher"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French cher",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cārus",
        "4": "cārum",
        "t": "dear, valuable"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*kāros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *kāros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*kéh₂ros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Latin cārum (“dear, valuable”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros, from *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cher",
      "name": "fr-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to pay dearly",
          "text": "payer cher",
          "translation": "to pay dearly",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dearly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dearly",
          "dearly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French slang",
        "Lyon French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "super"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "super",
          "super"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Lyon, slang) super"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Lyon",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɛʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-cher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg/Fr-cher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Fr-cher.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃæ]",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-GrandCelinien-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c6/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/88/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Poslovitch-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cher.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cher.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛʁ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaire"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chaires"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chair"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chairs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chers"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chère"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chères"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cher"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cher meaning in French (9.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). 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.