cheder
English
Alternative forms
- cheider, cheyder, kheder, kheyder
Etymology
From Yiddish חדר (kheyder), from Hebrew חדר (khéder, “room”).
Noun
cheder (plural cheders or chederim or chedarim or chadarim or chadorim)
- An elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 51:
- A businessman in New York who happened to be in the Midlands at the time was so impressed by Asher's methods that he was funding him to set up a string of chederim – Sunday schools for Jews – all over the United States.
- 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage 2007, p. 51:
Translations
school
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Anagrams
- cheer'd, reched
Ladin
Noun
cheder m (plural cheders)
- ambit, scope
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew חֶדֶר (khéder).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɛ.dɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛdɛr
- Syllabification: che‧der
- Homophone: heder
Noun
cheder m inan
- cheder
Declension
Declension of cheder
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cheder | chedery |
genitive | chederu | chederów |
dative | chederowi | chederom |
accusative | cheder | chedery |
instrumental | chederem | chederami |
locative | chederze | chederach |
vocative | chederze | chedery |
Derived terms
adjective
- chederowy
Further reading
- cheder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cheder in Polish dictionaries at PWN