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Cherie Byrnes
Cherie is an English female given name. It comes from the French ''chérie'', meaning ''darling'' (from the past participle of the verb ''chérir'', ''to cherish''). Notable people with the name or stage name include: * Cherie (singer), Cherie, one of the stage names of French singer Cyndi Almouzni (born 1984) * Cherie Bambury (born 1976), Australian cricket player * Cherie Bennett (born 1960), American novelist, actress, director, playwright, newspaper columnist, singer and television writer * Cherie Berry (born 1946), American politician from North Carolina * Cherie Blair (born 1954), known professionally as Cherie Booth, British barrister, wife of former prime minister Tony Blair * Cherie Buckner-Webb (born 1951), American politician from Idaho * Cherie Burton (born 1968), Australian politician * Cherie Chung (born 1960), Hong Kong film actress * Cherie Currie (born 1959), American musician, singer, songwriter, actress and artist * Cherie de Boer (born 1950), accordionist, half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Participle
In linguistics, a participle () (from Latin ' a "sharing, partaking") is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, ''participle'' has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a ''laughing face''". “Participle” is a traditional grammatical term from Greek and Latin that is widely used for corresponding verb forms in European languages and analogous forms in Sanskrit and Arabic grammar. Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions apart from adjectival modification. In European and Indian languages, the past participle is used to form the passive voice. In English, participles are also associated with periphrastic verb forms (continuous and perfect) and are widely used in adverbial clauses. In non-Indo-European languages, ‘participle’ has been applied to forms that are alternatively regarded as converbs (see Sireniki Eskimo below), gerunds, ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |