chérie
noun
dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl.
chérie
1 American
[shey-ree]
/ ʃeɪˈri /
noun
French.
plural
chéries
Cherie
2
American
[sher-ee]
/ ˈʃɛr i /
Or
Cheri
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Yes, ma chérie," they seemed to say; "Bear up, I am bearing up.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
It wasn't kind of me, chérie, and I love you for standing up for your mother.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various
Cer—certainly, chérie; but don't try to talk just yet.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore
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