chic
Good form; styleGood form; style.
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Translations
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Good form; style.
Chic
шикšik
(countable)A person with (a particular type of) chic.
A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
Origin
Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German SchiBorrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik (“coati; buffoon”).
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Forms
plural: chicsSynonyms
6 synonyms- elegance by virtue of being fashionable:chicnessmodishnesssmartnessstylishnessswanklast word
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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