chic

See also: Chic

English

WOTD – 8 July 2018

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), probably from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”), 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 *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”), Old English scēon (“to happen”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Elegant, stylish.

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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, such as “boho-chic”, “heroin chic”, “shabby chic”, and so on.

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Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃik/

Adjective

chic (comparative chicimpi, superlative chicein)

  1. chic

Declension

Inflection of chic (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative chic chicit
genitive chicin chicien
partitive chiciä chicejä
illative chiciin chiceihin
singular plural
nominative chic chicit
accusative nom. chic chicit
gen. chicin
genitive chicin chicien
partitive chiciä chicejä
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

French

Etymology

Probably from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”), 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 *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”), Old English scēon (“to happen”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

chic (plural chic or chics)

  1. elegant
  2. considerate

Usage notes

Chic is either used invariably, in which case the spelling of the plural is chic, or has the plural chics for both the masculine and the feminine forms.

Derived terms

Noun

chic m (plural chic)

  1. elegance
  2. skillfulness; adroitness

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Adjective

chic (comparative chicer, superlative am chicsten)

  1. Alternative spelling of schick

Usage notes

  • While the spelling chic is correct for the uninflected adjective, all inflected forms are nonstandard. Correctly, inflected forms must be derived from the preferred spelling schick.

Declension

Comparative forms of chic
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist chicer sie ist chicer es ist chicer sie sind chicer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative chicerer chicere chiceres chicere
genitive chiceren chicerer chiceren chicerer
dative chicerem chicerer chicerem chiceren
accusative chiceren chicere chiceres chicere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der chicere die chicere das chicere die chiceren
genitive des chiceren der chiceren des chiceren der chiceren
dative dem chiceren der chiceren dem chiceren den chiceren
accusative den chiceren die chicere das chicere die chiceren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein chicerer eine chicere ein chiceres (keine) chiceren
genitive eines chiceren einer chiceren eines chiceren (keiner) chiceren
dative einem chiceren einer chiceren einem chiceren (keinen) chiceren
accusative einen chiceren eine chicere ein chiceres (keine) chiceren

Further reading

  • chic in Duden online

Irish

Noun

chic

  1. Lenited form of cic.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic.

Adjective

chic (plural chics)

  1. elegant

Noun

chic m (plural chics)

  1. elegance
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