chichi

English

Etymology

From French chichi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʃi.ʃi/

Adjective

chichi (not comparable)

1. affectedly trendy; chic and stylish

   "Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead." --E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek

   "Whether the chichi gender theorists like it or not, sexual duality is a law of nature among all highly evolved life forms." --Camille Paglia

   "The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London."--Daily Telegraph, January 22, 1969

   "[Judith] Hope -- who lives in East Hampton, where the Clintons have a lot of chichi friends -- has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements." --Washington Post, June 4, 1999

Synonyms

• bougie
• bourgie

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Chamicuro

Noun

chichi

1. chili

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French

Etymology

Probably related to chiche with a sense of "small thing"

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃi.ʃi/

Noun

chichi m. (plural chichis)

1. affected manners, demanding behaviour

   Faire des chichis à propos de rien...

2. something showy

   les Américains, qui s'apprêtent à prendre la succession de la civilisation, n'en sont encore au stade que du faux luxe et du brillant et du chichi des empaquetages en papier de cellophane. (Blaise Cendrars, Bourlinguer, 1948)

Derived terms

• chichiteux

Adjective

chichi (epicene, plural chichis)

1. chichi

   Je ne connais pas une fille plus apprêtée, plus chichi, plus maniérée. (Sacha Guitry, Le Veilleur de nuit, 1911)

References

• "chichi" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Japanese

Noun

chichi (hiragana ちち)

1. 父: one's own father
2. 乳: breast, udder; milk

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Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Noun

chichi

1. Dog.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 194v

     Perro o perra. chichi. ytzcuintli.

Synonyms

• itzcuintli

Derived terms

chichiconetl

chichiton

References

• 2003, Andrews, J. Richard, Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, edition rev. ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page p. 215:
• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 47:
• 2001, Lockhart, James, Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page p. 214:

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• chi̱chi (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃiːtʃi/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Verb

chichi

1. (intransitive) To suckle.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 162r

     Mamar. ni,chichi.

Related terms

• chichihualli

References

• 1983, Karttunen, Frances, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page p. 47:
• 2002, Wolgemuth, Carl et al., Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz^[1], 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page pp. 38, 244:

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Spanish

Noun

chichi m. (plural chichis)

1. (vulgar) vulva