chè

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Corsican

Etymology

From Latin quid (“what”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid. Cognates include Italian che (“what, that”) and French que (“what, that”).

Pronoun

chè

  1. (interrogative pronoun) what?
  2. (relative pronoun) that, which

References

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French chair (“flesh”).

Noun

chè

  1. meat

Etymology 2

From French cher (“expensive”).

Adjective

chè

  1. expensive

Italian

Conjunction

chè

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of ché

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

chè (che4, Zhuyin ㄔㄜˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勶
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呦
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坼
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屮
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徹／彻
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拆
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掣
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 撤
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汛
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 澈
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烲
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爡
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瞮
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 硩
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聅
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詀／𧮪
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 轍／辙

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 20 November 2018

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 茶 (“tea”, SV: trà). Doublet of lá and trà.

Noun

chè • (𦷨, 茶)

  1. (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) tea (plant)
  2. (Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam) tea (drink)
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  • Tai Dam: ꪵꪋ

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from etymology 1”)

Noun

chè • (𥻹, 𤯊)

  1. a thick, sweet dessert soup or pudding, often made with glutinous rice and/or beans
    • 1961: Nguyễn Huy Tưởng, Chapter 13, Sống mãi với Thủ Đô
      Tất cả hoà hợp trong cái vui rối rít mà vẫn nhịp nhàng của những tranh, những câu đối, những bao hương, bao nến, bao chè, những bánh pháo, những hộp kẹo, hộp mứt, những chậu cá vàng.
      Everything came together in the bustling yet harmonious joy of the paintings, the Chinese couplets, the bags of perfume, of chè, the firecrackers, the boxes of candy, of candied fruit, the goldfish bowls.
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References

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