Standard Lemma guide

chez

prep · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ʃeɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: shay
  • homophone: Shea
  • homophone: Shay
  • homophone: Shaye
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: SH EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: CH EH1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

prep

Meaning 1

At the home of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French chez. Doublet of casa.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: gildə — at/in the home of
  • Breton: ker — at/in the home of
  • Catalan: ca — at/in the home of
  • Danish: hos — at/in the home of
  • Dutch: bij — at/in the home of
  • Esperanto: ĉe — at/in the home of
  • Finnish: luona — at/in the home of
  • Finnish: kylässä — at/in the home of
  • Finnish: kotona — at/in the home of
  • Finnish: -lassa — at/in the home of
  • French: chez — at/in the home of
  • Galician: cas — at/in the home of
  • German: bei — at/in the home of
  • Hebrew: אֶצֶל (etzel) — at/in the home of
  • Hungarian: (-ék)-nál — at/in the home of
  • Hungarian: -nél — at/in the home of
  • Irish: tigh — at/in the home of
  • Italian: da — at/in the home of
  • Latin: apud — at/in the home of
  • Lithuanian: pas — at/in the home of
  • Occitan: cò — at/in the home of
  • Pannonian Rusyn: у (u) — at/in the home of
  • Polish: u — at/in the home of
  • Russian: у (u) — at/in the home of
  • Serbo-Croatian: u — at/in the home of
  • Spanish: donde — at/in the home of
  • Swedish: hos — at/in the home of
  • Turkish: -lar — at/in the home of
  • Turkish: -ler — at/in the home of