chérie

¹ American  

[shey-ree] / ʃeɪˈri /

noun

French.

plural

chéries

1. dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.

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Cherie ² American  

[sher-ee] / ˈʃɛr i /

Or Cheri

noun

1. a female given name.

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Example Sentences

Seeing me coming in the door, Mrs. Levy-Cohen exclaims, “It’s always wonderful, chérie, to see you walking!”

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.”

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

Yes, ma chérie," they seemed to say; "Bear up, I am bearing up.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

"Yes, you have hurt me, ma chérie," she replied, leaning now her cheek against Karen's head.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

Cer—certainly, chérie; but don't try to talk just yet.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore