che

Borrowed from Russian че (če).

che (plural ches)

1. The letter Ч, ч.

A modification of ich, iche from Middle English ich (“I”, pronoun). Doublet of utchy.

che

1. (personal, obsolete) I.
   • c. 1603–1606, Shakespeare, William, King Lear, act 4, scene 6:

     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.

• ECH, EHC

che

1. H-system spelling of ĉe

che

1. dative of ti

• IPA^(key): /ʃe/

che

1. I, me

che

1. my

   che angirũ — "my friend"

From Esperanto ĉe, from French chez.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/, /t͡ʃɛ/

che

1. at, in, to (someone in his or her house, home or place), with (a people, in respect of their customs)

   Partio che me! ― Party at my place!

   Me lojas che mea patro. ― I live with my dad.

   Irez che la mediko! ― Go to the doctor!

From Latin quod.

che

1. that
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:

     Nu’ iè truvato spada, che me talgia,

     I have not found a sword that would cut me,

• IPA^(key): /ˈke/
• Hyphenation: che
• Rhymes: -e

From Latin quid,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

che

1. (interrogative) what
2. (relative) who; whom; which; nominative and accusative case

• (interrogative): cosa; che cosa
• (relative): il quale

• cui (relative; dative and prepositional case)

From Latin quod, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod-.

che

1. that
2. than
3. when

che

1. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)

che

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちぇ
2. Rōmaji transcription of チェ

che

1. that

• coche

che

1. Nonstandard spelling of chē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of chě.
3. Nonstandard spelling of chè.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

che

1. Alternative form of sche

• “she, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.

che m

1. this

che

1. that; which

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) that

• (Sutsilvan) ca, c'
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter, Vallader) cha

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) who, whom

• (Sutsilvan) tge
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter, Vallader) cha

From Latin quid.

che

1. (Puter, Vallader) what

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) tge
• (Sursilvan) tgei

From Latin quod.

che

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) than

• (Sutsilvan) ca
• (Surmiran) tgi
• (Puter) cu
• (Vallader) co

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/

che f (plural ches)

1. Name of the digraph Ch/ch, previously was considered a letter.

che

1. (Argentine, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, regional Spain) hey

• Portuguese: tchê

che m or f (plural che)

1. (colloquial, Chile) Argentinian person

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɛ˧˧]

che (枝, 𨑤, 𩂏, 𫑃)

1. to cover
2. (literally) to hide