chéri
French, noun/ʃe.ʁi/
chéri is spelled C-H-É-R-I (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,071st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chéri is a French masculine noun meaning “dear, darling, honey, sweetheart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of chérir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Terme affectueux désignant l’être aimé”.
What does chéri mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cherished; beloved
noun
- 1
masculinedear, darling, honey, sweetheart
Pleure pas, mon chéri, maman est là.
noun
- 1
masculineShar (shari'a)
verb
- 1
past participle of chérir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sincèrement aimé.
noun: 1. Terme affectueux désignant l’être aimé.
noun: 1. La loi religieuse islamique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chéri
- chérie feminine
- chéris masculine plural
- chéries feminine plural
- Chéri alternative
- schéri alternative
- Schéri alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chéri?
- /ʃe.ʁi/
- \ʃe.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chéri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chéri in French?
chéri appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).