Chicago

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 05:10, 27 August 2022.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

The Chicago skyline

Etymology

From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami [Term?] or Potawatomi shikaakwa (“wild onion, leek; striped skunk”). Compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh / zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/[1]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Chicago" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/[2][3], /ʃəˈkɔː.ɡo/[4]
  • Audio (US):(file)
    ,
    Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.
    Synonyms: (slang) Chi, (US, slang) Chiraq, (informal) Chi-Town, (US, informal) Hogtown, (vulgar, derogatory) Shitcago, (informal) The Windy City

Usage notes

In Chicago-related contexts, the word Chicago is often used to refer to certain attributes conventionally associated with the city, such as being tough and hearty, bustling and diverse, or ruthless and corrupt.[5][6][7]

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Krapp, George Philip (1925) The English Language in America‎[1], volume II, New York: Century Co. for the Modern Language Association of America, →OCLC, page 49.
  2. ^ “Dialects Of Illinois, Chicago samples 3 and 6”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], 2012 August 21 (last accessed), archived from the original on 21 August 2012
  3. ^ Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pronunciation of the city's name
  4. ^ Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's pronunciation of the city's name
  5. ^ “Welcome Back, Amphitheatre”, in Chicago Tribune, 1987 December 7, page 20: “And, in a uniquely Chicago way, it was host for a perpetual, cosmopolitan feast of sights, sounds and smells.”
  6. ^ Vincent M. Lizzo (1994 April 22) “City of Rain”, in Chicago Reader‎[3]: “Some of our real police-type deputies set up a deal on him and took him down in just two days. A very Chicago kind of crime, complete with a moral: the police don't tolerate outsiders messing on their turf.”
  7. ^ Elizabeth Canning Blackwell (2004) Frommer's Portable Chicago‎[4], 4th edition, →ISBN, page 81: “Heavy, filling and very Chicago, Mr. Beef really hops during lunchtime, when dusty construction workers and suit-wearing businessmen crowd in for their meaty fix.”

Catalan

Proper noun

Chicago m

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chicago n

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension

Template:cs-decl-noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Chicago.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/, /ˌtʃiˈkaː.ɡoː/
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go

Proper noun

Chicago n

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chicago f

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Hungarian

 Chicago on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃikaːɡoː]
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
  • Rhymes: -ɡoː

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension

Inflection of Chicago
singular plural
nominative Chicago —
accusative Chicagót —
dative Chicagónak —
instrumental Chicagóval —
causal-final Chicagóért —
translative Chicagóvá —
terminative Chicagóig —
essive-formal Chicagóként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Chicagóban —
superessive Chicagón —
adessive Chicagónál —
illative Chicagóba —
sublative Chicagóra —
allative Chicagóhoz —
elative Chicagóból —
delative Chicagóról —
ablative Chicagótól —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Chicagóé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Chicagóéi —
Possessive forms of Chicago
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Chicagóm —
2nd person sing. Chicagód —
3rd person sing. Chicagója —
1st person plural Chicagónk —
2nd person plural Chicagótok —
3rd person plural Chicagójuk —

Derived terms

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Miami or Potawatomi shikaakwa (“wild onion, leek; striped skunk”), via the French transcription Chécagou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈka.ɡo/, (careful style) */ʃiˈka.ɡo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -aɡo
  • Hyphenation: Chi‧cà‧go

Proper noun

Chicago f

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois)

References

  1. ^ Chicago in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Etymology

From English Chicago.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: Chi‧ca‧go
  • Rhymes: -aɡu

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chicago n (genitive singular Chicaga, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. Chicago (a city in Illinois, United States)

References

  • “Chicago”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkaɡo/ [t͡ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "less common, imitating English pronunciation" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ʃiˈkaɡo/ [ʃiˈka.ɣ̞o]

Proper noun

Chicago ?

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Tatar

Proper noun

Chicago

  1. Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)

Declension

    declension of Chicago
Nominative Chicago
Genitive Chicagonıñ
Dative Chicagoga
Accusative Chicagonı
Locative Chicagoda
Ablative Chicagodan

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago&oldid=68769638"