chérie
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A French name for a girl sometimes used to call someone you love
- proper noun
- /ʃɛˈri/
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Chérie
- Nicole, chérie, you've seen too much ugly already.
- ma chérie
Examples
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It was not to be, chérie.
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Au revoir, chérie.
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Get off the road, ma chérie!
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And this may sound crazy, but, chérie, we didn't tell you because we love you.
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Mama's gone to heaven, chérie... like that sweet lady, right there.
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Oh, sure, chérie. "Say something romantic in French, Beau."
Fiction book (1995) -
Thank you, chérie.
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Oh, chérie, be an angel and get me another drink, s'il vous plait?
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Bonjour, chérie.
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"You see, ma chérie, you could be doing something like that."
Surface Forms
chérie main
Etymology
Chérie is a French name that comes from the word for 'dear' and is used as a girl's name meaning 'darling'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the English word cherish, which comes from the same root and means to care for someone or something.