name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cherish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/
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rhymes with -ɛɹɪʃ
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CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 R IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I cherish your friendship.
- his long-cherished dream
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prize, treasure, appreciate, bedear, cherish, esteem, hold dear, think much of, value
Antonyms: despise
verb
Meaning 4
To cheer, to gladden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elate, jollify, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cheer up, cherish, content, delight, elevate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
be fond of; be attached to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: love
Narrower terms: yearn
History
Etymology
From Middle English charish, cherishen (“to have affection for, hold dear, treat kindly; to esteem, respect; to cherish; to take care of; to greet; to entertain, treat hospitably; to cheer; to encourage, incite”), from Old French cheriss-, chieriss-, extended stem of cherir, chierir (“to cherish”) (modern French chérir (“to cherish”)), from cher, chier (“dear, dearest”) (from Latin cārus (“beloved, dear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh2- (“to desire, wish”)) + -ir (suffix forming infinitives of second conjugation verbs).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: грижа се нежно (griža se nežno) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Catalan: acotiar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Chinese Mandarin: 愛護 /爱护 (àihù) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Chinese Mandarin: 珍視 /珍视 (zhēnshì) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Chinese Mandarin: 珍愛 /珍爱 (zhēn'ài) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Dutch: koesteren — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Finnish: vaalia — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- French: chérir — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- French: tenir (à) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Galician: aloumiñar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Galician: agasallar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- German: hegen — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Italian: custodire — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Italian: curare — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Japanese: 珍重する (chinchō suru) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Japanese: 愛好する (aikō suru) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Japanese: 大事にする (daiji ni suru) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Korean: 아끼다 (akkida) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Latin: foveō — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Māori: mirā — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Māori: raupī — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Māori: matapopore — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Portuguese: adorar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Portuguese: mimar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Portuguese: paparicar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Portuguese: cuidar — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Russian: хо́лить (xólitʹ) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Russian: леле́ять (leléjatʹ) — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Scottish Gaelic: altraim — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Tagalog: pangalagaan — to treat with affection, nurture with care
- Bulgarian: ценя (cenja) — to have a deep appreciation of
- Bulgarian: тача (tača) — to have a deep appreciation of
- Dutch: koesteren — to have a deep appreciation of
- Finnish: vaalia — to have a deep appreciation of
- French: chérir — to have a deep appreciation of
- French: tenir (à) — to have a deep appreciation of
- German: wertschätzen — to have a deep appreciation of
- Italian: apprezzare — to have a deep appreciation of
- Māori: matapopore — to have a deep appreciation of
- Polish: (wysoko) cenić — to have a deep appreciation of
- Portuguese: querer bem — to have a deep appreciation of
- Portuguese: adorar — to have a deep appreciation of
- Russian: дорожить (dorožitʹ) — to have a deep appreciation of
- Spanish: conservar — to have a deep appreciation of
- Spanish: abrigar — to have a deep appreciation of
- Spanish: acariciar — to have a deep appreciation of
- Spanish: mantener — to have a deep appreciation of