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ch en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”).
   alt of chain
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, qualifier:crochet, uncountable) Abbreviation of chain (stitch)
   alt of chain
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television.
   alt of and television
   alt of audio
   alt of channel
   alt of in reference to telephones
   alt of radio
   • 5.1 ch surround sound
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”).
   alt of chapter
   • Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.). 2007, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, page 143:
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”).
   alt of chestnut
   • NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN) Secretariat (ch.s. 1970) 2014, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Andris Kaneps, Raymond Geor, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, page 675:

Forms

ch en · VERB · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:crochet) Abbreviation of chain.
   alt of chain
   • 11 tr into 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3 (12 tr made) […] Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close. 2011 August 23, Carmen Heffernan, “How to make colourful crocheted flowers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2023:

ch en · PRON · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /t͡ʃ/

Etymology

Apheretic form of ich or utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an apheretic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of I.
   alt of I

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