chic

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

chic

also written as chique in the nineteenth century, from the German schick ('skill', 'dexterity'), in this language, the meaning of 'elegance' is a re-borrowing from French.

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Translations

  • germangerman:todschick
  • englishenglish:dinky
  • greekgreek:κομψός
  • portugueseportuguese:chique