different between sonny vs cher

English

Etymology

son +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ni/
• Homophone: sunny

Noun

sonny (plural sonnies)

1. a familiar form of address for a boy
2. (colloquial, derogatory) form of address to a boy or man, to express contempt, warning etc.

   Synonyms: friend, buster, buddy, pal

Translations

See also

• sissy

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