chic

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed 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”). ==== 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) Elegant, stylish. ===== Synonyms ===== ===== Antonyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== chic (countable and uncountable, plural chics) (chiefly uncountable) Good form; style. (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, 6 October 1877, pages 261–262. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik (“coati; buffoon”). ==== Noun ==== chic (plural chics) A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture. == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English chic. === Adjective === chic chic Synonym: shik === Mutation === === References === “chic” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == Dutch == === Alternative forms === sjiek (informal) === Etymology === Borrowed from French chic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃik/ Hyphenation: chic Rhymes: -ik === Adjective === chic (comparative chiquer, superlative chicst) chic, elegant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃik/, [ˈʃik] Rhymes: -ik === Adjective === chic (comparative chicimpi, superlative chicein) 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 2 July 2023 == 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) elegant, fancy, stylish, posh, swank 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 (invariable) elegance 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) 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[2] (in German) == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /çɪc/ === Noun === chic lenited form of cic == Italian == === Alternative forms === shick, schick, scicche === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French chic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): */ˈʃik/ === Adjective === chic (invariable) chic == Romanian == === Adjective === chic m or n (feminine singular chică, masculine plural chici, feminine/neuter plural chice) obsolete form of șic ==== Declension ==== === References === chic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Alternative forms === shic === Etymology === Borrowed from French chic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃik/ [ˈʃik], /ˈt͡ʃik/ [ˈt͡ʃik] Rhymes: -ik Syllabification: chic === Adjective === chic m or f (masculine and feminine plural chics) chic Synonym: elegante === Noun === chic m (uncountable) chic Synonym: elegancia === Further reading === “chic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Yucatec Maya == === Noun === chic obsolete spelling of chiʼik