chez

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Preposition

 * 1) At the home of.

Translations

 * Breton:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: hos
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Galician: cas
 * German:
 * Hungarian: (-ék)-nál/-nél
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: u
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology
, from, from. . The lack of final -e may be due to contraction in unstressed position; however, it has also been explained as the continuation of a Proto-Romance dative-genitive form (from ).

Preposition

 * 1) to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of
 * 2) by extension, to, at or in the country of
 * 3) in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
 * 4) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) by extension, to, at or in the country of
 * 2) in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
 * 3) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) by extension, to, at or in the country of
 * 2) in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
 * 3) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) in; among (a group of things or people of the same type)
 * 2) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) in the work of (an author or artist)
 * 1) in the work of (an author or artist)

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