chez

See also: chèz

chez - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃeɪ/
  • Homophone: shay

Preposition

chez

  1. At the home of.

Translations

  • Breton: ker (br)
  • Catalan: ca (ca) f
  • Danish: hos
  • Dutch: bij (nl)
  • Esperanto: ĉe (eo)
  • French: chez (fr)
  • Galician: cas
  • German: bei (de)
  • Hungarian: (-ék)-nál/-nél
  • Italian: da (it)
  • Latin: apud (la)
  • Lithuanian: pas (lt)
  • Polish: u (pl)
  • Russian: у (ru) (u)
  • Serbo-Croatian: u
  • Swedish: hos (sv)
  • Turkish: -lar (tr), -ler (tr)

Anagrams

chez - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʃe/, (in liaison) /ʃe.z‿/
  • Homophones: chais, ché

Preposition

chez

  1. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of
    • chez moiat my house
    • chez luiat his house
    • chez Françoiseat Françoise’s
    • chez le dentisteat the dentist
    • chez l'avocatat the lawyer's office
  2. by extension, to, at or in the country of
    • une spécialité bien de chez nousa true specialty of our country
    • rentrer chez soito return to one's country
  3. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
    • Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens.This illness is often seen among dogs.
    • le TDAH chez l'adulteADHD in adults
  4. in the work of (an author or artist)
    • C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire.That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work.
    • le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picassocolor symbolism in Picasso's work

Usage notes

In Quebec and elsewhere in French-speaking Canada, colloquial speech often uses plural pronouns with chez (chez nous, chez vous, chez eux) even when the singular is meant and indeed even if the person lives alone.

Derived terms

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