different between cherubim vs cher

English

Etymology

Hebrew ???????? (keruvím), from ???????? (kerúv) + ???? (-im) masculine plural suffix.

Pronunciation

Noun

cherubim

1. plural of cherub

See also

• seraphim

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?e.ru.bim/, [?k????b???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ke.ru.bim/, [?k???ubim]

Noun

cher?b?m

1. plural of cherub

English

Noun

cher (plural chers)

1. Alternative spelling of 'cher

Anagrams

• ECHR, EHRC, Rech

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cheru

Etymology

From Latin pere?. Compare Romanian pieri, pier.

Verb

cher (past participle chiritã, cheritã)

1. I perish, die.
2. I disappear, vanish.

Synonyms

• (die): mor

Derived terms

• chiriri / chirire, cheriri / cherire,
• chirit, cherit

French

Etymology

From Middle French cher, from Old French cher, chier, from Vulgar Latin *c?ru, from Latin c?rus, from Proto-Italic *k?ros, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros, from *keh?- (“to desire, to wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [?æ]
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: chaire, chaires, chair, chairs, chers, chère, chères

Adjective

cher (feminine singular chère, masculine plural chers, feminine plural chères)

1. (before the noun) dear (beloved)
2. (salutation of a letter) dear

3. (after the noun) expensive

Adverb

cher

1. dearly

Derived terms

• chèrement
• chérir
• cherté
• ne pas donner cher de la peau de
• payer cher

Further reading

• “cher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Adjective

cher m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chere)

1. Alternative form of chier

Declension