hippie

== English == === Alternative forms === hippy === Etymology === From 1953, a usually disparaging variant of hipster. See also etymology of hippie. === Pronunciation === enPR: hĭp'i, IPA(key): /ˈhɪpi/ Rhymes: -ɪpi === Noun === hippie (plural hippies) (1950s slang) A teenager who imitated the beatniks. Synonym: beatnik (1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era, sometimes derogatory) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc. Synonyms: tree hugger, flower child (modern slang, derogatory) A person who keeps an unkempt or sloppy appearance and has unusually long hair (for males), and is thus often stereotyped as a deadbeat. Someone who dresses in a hippie style. (archaic) Someone who is or tries to be hip. Hypernym: person Near-synonyms: hipster, hepster, trendite; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hip hipster ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === hippie (comparative hippier, superlative hippiest) Of or pertaining to hippies. (colloquial, humorous) Not conforming to generally accepted standards. ==== Related terms ==== hep hip === See also === feral === Further reading === hippie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Epiphi == Czech == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hippie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɪpɪjɛ] === Noun === hippie m anim hippie ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hippie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɪ.pi/ Rhymes: -ɪpi Hyphenation: hip‧pie === Noun === hippie m or f (plural hippies, no diminutive) hippie == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hippie. === Noun === hippie m or f by sense (plural hippies) hippie === Adjective === hippie (plural hippies) hippie === Further reading === “hippie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English hippie and hippy. === Noun === hippie m (definite singular hippien, indefinite plural hippier, definite plural hippiene) a hippie or hippy === References === “hippie” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English hippie and hippy. === Noun === hippie m (definite singular hippien, indefinite plural hippiar, definite plural hippiane) a hippie or hippy === References === “hippie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hippie. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hippie m or f by sense (plural hippies) hippie (member of a nonconformist subculture of the 1960s) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hippie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === jipi === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hippie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxipi/ [ˈxi.pi] Rhymes: -ipi Syllabification: hip‧pie === Noun === hippie m or f by sense (plural hippies) hippie ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “hippie”, 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 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hippie. === Noun === hippie c a hippie ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hippierörelsen (“the hippie movement”) ==== See also ==== progg === References === “hippie”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hippie”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)