chaque

From Middle French chasque, a backformation from chascun, from Old French chascun (whence modern chacun). The Old French derives from a conflation of Vulgar Latin *quiscunus (from quisque unus) with synonymous *catunus (from cata unus, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá), whence Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese cada). The short vowel (and hence the lack of a circumflex) is due to the usually unstressed position (cf. notre vs. le nôtre).

• IPA^(key): /ʃak/

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chaque (invariable)

1. each
2. every

• (each): ch./ch (ea.) (abbreviation)

• chacun

• “chaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Cognate to Middle French chasque (“each”), a back-formation from Old French chascun (“each one, every one”).

chaque m or f (invariable, masculine and feminine plural chaques)

1. (Guernsey) each
2. (Guernsey) every

chaque m (plural chaques)

1. a dish from Arequipa, Peru, consisting of beef or lamb served with various vegetables