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4-letter words (1 found)

CHIC,

3-letter words (3 found)

CHI,HIC,ICH,

2-letter words (2 found)

CH,HI,

You can make 6 words from chic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of chic

chic hcic cihc ichc hicc ihcc chci hcci cchi cchi hcci chci cich icch ccih ccih icch cich hicc ihcc hcic chic ichc cihc

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Definitions and meaning of chic

chic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably derived from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: shēk, IPA(key): /ʃiːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ʃik/
  • Rhymes: -iːk
  • Homophones: sheik, sheikh (one pronunciation)

Adjective

chic (comparative chicer or more chic, superlative chicest or most chic)

  1. Elegant, stylish.
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • inelegant, unelegant
  • unchic
  • unfashionable
  • unstylish
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

chic (countable and uncountable, plural chics)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) Good form; style.
  2. (countable) A person with (a particular type of) chic.
Usage notes

The noun chic is very often used with an attributive noun or adjective modifier, indicating the kind of style, such as “boho-chic”, “heroin chic”, “shabby chic”, and so on.

Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

  • chic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • list of chics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “‘Chic,’ Its History”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, etc., volume VIII (5th Series), number 197, London: Published at the office, […] by John Francis, 1877 October 6, pages 261–262.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik (“coati; buffoon”).

Noun

chic (plural chics)

  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃik/
  • Hyphenation: chic
  • Rhymes: -ik

Adjective

chic (comparative chiquer, superlative chicst)

  1. chic, elegant
    Synonym: sjiek

Inflection

Derived terms

  • chic de friemel
  • chicheid

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃik/, [ˈʃik]

Adjective

chic (comparative chicimpi, superlative chicein)

  1. chic

Declension

Further reading

  • “chic”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Probably from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”), Old English sċēon (“to happen”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃik/
  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Homophones: chics, chique, chiquent, chiques

Adjective

chic (plural chic or chics)

  1. elegant, fancy, stylish, posh, swank
  2. considerate

Usage notes

Chic is either used invariably, in which case the spelling of the plural is chic, or has the plural chics for both the masculine and the feminine forms.

Derived terms

  • bon chic bon genre
  • très chic

Descendants

Noun

chic m (plural chic)

  1. elegance
  2. skillfulness; adroitness

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Adjective

chic (strong nominative masculine singular chicer, comparative chicer, superlative am chicsten)

  1. Alternative spelling of schick

Usage notes

  • While the spelling chic is correct for the uninflected adjective, all inflected forms are nonstandard. Correctly, inflected forms must be derived from the preferred spelling schick.

Declension

Further reading

  • “chic” in Duden online
  • “chic” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çɪc/

Noun

chic

  1. Lenited form of cic.

Romanian

Adjective

chic m or n (feminine singular chică, masculine plural chici, feminine and neuter plural chice)

  1. Obsolete form of șic.

Declension

References

  • chic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic.

Adjective

chic m or f (masculine and feminine plural chics)

  1. elegant

Noun

chic m (uncountable)

  1. elegance

Further reading

  • “chic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Yucatec Maya

Noun

chic

  1. Obsolete spelling of chiʼik

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