chic

See also Chic

English

Etymology

1855, from French chic from German Schick ("elegance, tact, style, skill"), from Middle High German schicken ("to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately"), causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn ("to happen, rush") from Old High German giskehan ("to happen") from Proto-Germanic *skehanan (“to run, move quickly”) from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). Akin to Old English scēon ("to happen"), Dutch schielijk ("hasty").

Pronunciation

• enPR: shēk, IPA: /ʃiːk/, SAMPA: /Si:k/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophones: sheik, sheikh (one pronunciation)

Adjective

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

1. stylish; elegant

Translations

Elegant

Arabic: أنيق (ar) Bulgarian: елегантен (bg), моден (bg) Finnish: tyylikäs (fi), elegantti (fi) French: chic (fr) German: schick (de), chic (de) Hungarian: sikkes (hu)

Ido: chika (io) Russian: шикарный (ru) (šikárnyj) Spanish: chic (es), elegante (es) Turkish: şık (tr)

Derived terms

• ecochic

Noun

chic (plural chics)

1. Good form; style.

Usage notes

• The noun chic is very often used with an attributive noun or adjective modifier, indicating the kind of style; hence "heroin chic", "boho-chic", "shabby chic", and so on.

Derived terms

• List of chics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:List of chics

Translations

good form; style

Bulgarian: елегантност (bg) f., изисканост (bg) f., шик (bg) m. German: Chic (de) m.

Hungarian: sikk (hu) Russian: шик (ru) (šik) m.

See also

• Chic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Adjective

chic (comparative chicimpi, superlative chicein)

1. chic

Declension

Declension of chic (type risti) singular plural nominative chic chicit genitive chicin chicien partitive chiciä chicejä accusative chic chicin chicit inessive chicissä chiceissä elative chicistä chiceistä illative chiciin chiceihin adessive chicillä chiceillä ablative chiciltä chiceiltä allative chicille chiceille essive chicinä chiceinä translative chiciksi chiceiksi instructive – chicein abessive chicittä chiceittä comitative – chiceine

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French

Etymology

From German schick "elegant", from Middle High German schicken "to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately", causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn "to happen, rush" from Old High German giskehan "to happen" from Proto-Germanic *skehanan (“to run, move quickly”) from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). Akin to Old English scēon "to happen", Dutch geschieden "to happen".

Adjective

chic m. (f. chic, m. plural chic, f. plural chic)

1. elegant

Derived terms

• bon chic bon genre

Noun

chic m. (plural chic)

1. elegance

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German

Etymology

From French chic, from French Schick "elegance, tact, style, skill", from Middle High German schicken "to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately", causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn "to happen, rush" from Old High German giskehan "to happen" from Proto-Germanic *skehanan (“to run, move quickly”) from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). Akin to Old English scēon "to happen", Dutch schielijk "hasty".

Adjective

chic

1. chic (inflected forms are only built using the German spelling schick)

Synonyms

• schick

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Spanish

Adjective

chic m. and f. (plural chics)

1. elegant

Noun

chic m. (plural chics)

1. elegance