cheer

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɪə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /t͡ʃɪː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /t͡ʃɪjə/
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• General-American: /t͡ʃɪɹ/
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• New-Zealand: /t͡ʃiə/
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• Scotland: /t͡ʃiɾ/
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• Scotland: [t͡ʃiːɾ]
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• /t͡ʃɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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• rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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• homophone: chair
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• homophone: chare (both cheer–chair merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: CH IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”).

Clipping of cheerleading.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çiltersi — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Bulgarian: настроение (nastroenie) — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Finnish: iloisuus — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Finnish: hilpeys — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Greek: ζητωκραυγή (zitokravgí) — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Greek: χαιρετισμός (chairetismós) — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Greek: επευφημία (epeffimía) — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Ancient Greek: εὐφροσύνη (euphrosúnē) — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Hungarian: jókedv — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Hungarian: vidámság — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Hungarian: jó hangulat — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Italian: buonumore — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Spanish: alegría — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Tagalog: tuwa — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Tagalog: saya — a cheerful attitude; gaiety
• Bulgarian: одобрително възклицание (odobritelno vǎzklicanie) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Dutch: juich — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Dutch: jubel — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Esperanto: hurao — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Finnish: hurraahuuto — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Finnish: kannustushuuto — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• German: Jubel — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• German: Jauchzer — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Greek: επευφημία (epeffimía) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Hebrew: תשואות (tshu'ot) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Hungarian: éljen — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Icelandic: fagn — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Icelandic: fögnuður — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Irish: gáir — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Macedonian: восклик (vosklik) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Malay: sorakan — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Māori: umere — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Norwegian: heiarop — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Persian: هلهله (halhale) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Polish: wiwat — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Polish: hura — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Polish: hurra — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Spanish: hurra — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Spanish: vítor — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Spanish: víctor — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Spanish: viva — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Swedish: hejaramsa — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Yiddish: אָוואַציע (ovatsye) — a cry of "hurrah", "hurray", "yeah", or some other word expressing joy
• Bulgarian: радвам (radvam) — to make cheerful
• Bulgarian: зарадвам (zaradvam) — to make cheerful
• Dutch: opvrolijken — to make cheerful
• Dutch: opbeuren — to make cheerful
• Dutch: opfleuren — to make cheerful
• Esperanto: gajigi — to make cheerful
• Finnish: ilahduttaa — to make cheerful
• German: aufheitern — to make cheerful
• German: erfreuen — to make cheerful
• German: aufmuntern — to make cheerful
• Greek: χαροποιώ (charopoió) — to make cheerful
• Hebrew: עוֹדֵד ('odéd) — to make cheerful
• Hungarian: felvidít — to make cheerful
• Hungarian: felderít — to make cheerful
• Hungarian: jókedvre derít — to make cheerful
• Icelandic: uppörva — to make cheerful
• Icelandic: peppa upp — to make cheerful
• Icelandic: porra upp — to make cheerful
• Irish: misneach a thabhairt do — to make cheerful
• Italian: esultare — to make cheerful
• Latin: hilarō — to make cheerful
• Latin: laetificō — to make cheerful
• Māori: manahau — to make cheerful
• Māori: manamanahau — to make cheerful
• Māori: whakakoakoa — to make cheerful
• Sanskrit: प्रीणाति (prīṇāti) — to make cheerful
• Ainu: ヤヨパㇻセチュイ (yayoparsecuy) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Bulgarian: аплодирам (aplodiram) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Chinese Mandarin: 歡呼 /欢呼 (huānhū) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Chinese Mandarin: 喝彩 (hècǎi, hēcǎi) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Chinese Mandarin: 喝采 (hècǎi, hēcǎi) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Chinese Mandarin: 助威 (zhùwēi) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Chinese Mandarin: 助陣 /助阵 (zhùzhèn) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Danish: heppe — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Dutch: juichen — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Dutch: jubelen — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Esperanto: hurai — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Esperanto: plifervorigi — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Finnish: hurrata — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Finnish: kannustaa — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• French: applaudir — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• French: acclamer — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• German: jubeln — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• German: bejubeln — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• German: jauchzen — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Greek: επευφημώ (epeffimó) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Greek: ζητωκραυγάζω (zitokravgázo) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hebrew: הֵרִיעַ (hería') — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: éljenez — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: drukkol — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: szurkol — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: buzdít — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: biztat — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: éltet — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Hungarian: tapsol — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Icelandic: fagna — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Irish: scairt — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Italian: incitare — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Japanese: 喝采する (kassai suru) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Japanese: 声援する (seien suru) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Japanese: 励ます (hagemasu) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Māori: umere — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Māori: titihaoa — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Māori: titihawa — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Māori: hūrē — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Norwegian: heie — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Polish: wiwatować — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Portuguese: aclamar — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: аплоди́ровать (aplodírovatʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: приве́тствовать (privétstvovatʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: поощря́ть (pooščrjátʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: воодушевля́ть (vooduševljátʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: подба́дривать (podbádrivatʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: ликова́ть (likovátʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Russian: боле́ть (bolétʹ) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Spanish: aclamar — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Spanish: vitorear — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Spanish: victorear — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Spanish: ovacionar — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Swedish: hurra — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Swedish: heja — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Thai: เชียร์ (chiia) — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts
• Vietnamese: cổ vũ — to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts