hipster

== English == === Alternative forms === (A person interested in the latest trends): hepster (dated) === Etymology === From hip +‎ -ster. First attested for someone carrying something on their hip in the U.S. in the 1920s. Attested as a variant of hepster in the 1940s, for a follower of the latest fashions/trends/styles. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪp.stə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɪp.stɚ/ === Noun === hipster (plural hipsters) A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.] Synonyms: hepster, trendite; see also Thesaurus:fashionable person c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239, I, poor French Canadian Ti Jean become / a big sophisticated hipster esthete in / the homosexual arts […] A member of Bohemian counterculture. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip. Synonym: hepcat (US, obsolete, Prohibition) A person who wears a hip flask (of alcohol). (US, obsolete, 1930s) A dancer, particularly a female one. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level. ==== Synonyms ==== (Prohibition): vial villain gentleman from Kentucky (from Kentucky backcountry moonshine) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Prohibition): bootlegging (n.) bootleg (v.) (from hiding flasks in the boot, or stocking) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (Prohibition): suffer from hip disease (v.) === Verb === hipster (third-person singular simple present hipsters, present participle hipstering, simple past and past participle hipstered) To behave like a hipster. To dress or decorate in a hip fashion. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Pithers, perisht, prehist. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hipster. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ip.stœʁ/ === Noun === hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters) hipster == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === hipster inflection of hip: strong/mixed nominative masculine singular superlative degree strong genitive/dative feminine singular superlative degree strong genitive plural superlative degree == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hipster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxip.stɛr/ Rhymes: -ipstɛr Syllabification: hip‧ster === Noun === hipster m pers (female equivalent hipsterka) hipster (person interested in the latest trends) hipster (aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === hipster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hipster in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hipster. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters) hipster (person interested in the latest trends) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hipster. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxibsteɾ/ [ˈxiβ̞s.t̪eɾ] Rhymes: -ibsteɾ === Noun === hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters or hipster) hipster Synonyms: gafapasta, modernillo ==== 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. ==== Derived terms ==== == Swedish == === Noun === hipster c a hipster (member of a Bohemian counterculture) (historical) a hipster (jazz aficionado) ==== Declension ==== === References === hipster in Svensk ordbok (SO) hipster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)