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Chic
chic
chic
See also: Chic
English
Adjective
chic (comparative chicer or more chic, superlative chicest or most chic)
Translations
Elegant
Derived terms
- ecochic
Noun
chic (plural chics)
- 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
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Translations
good form; style
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Adjective
chic (comparative chicimpi, superlative chicein)
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
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 *skehaną (“to run, move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to run, jump, spring”). Akin to Old English scēon (“to happen”), Dutch geschieden (“to happen”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
chic m, f (plural chic or chics)
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)
German
Etymology
Borrowing from French chic, in turn from schick "elegant".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Adjective
chic (comparative chicer, superlative am chicsten)
Declension
Positive forms of chic
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist chic | sie ist chic | es ist chic | sie sind chic | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | chicer | chice | chices | chice |
| genitive | chicen | chicer | chicen | chicer | |
| dative | chicem | chicer | chicem | chicen | |
| accusative | chicen | chice | chices | chice | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der chice | die chice | das chice | die chicen |
| genitive | des chicen | der chicen | des chicen | der chicen | |
| dative | dem chicen | der chicen | dem chicen | den chicen | |
| accusative | den chicen | die chice | das chice | die chicen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein chicer | eine chice | ein chices | (keine) chicen |
| genitive | eines chicen | einer chicen | eines chicen | (keiner) chicen | |
| dative | einem chicen | einer chicen | einem chicen | (keinen) chicen | |
| accusative | einen chicen | eine chice | ein chices | (keine) chicen | |
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 | |
Superlative forms of chic
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am chicsten | sie ist am chicsten | es ist am chicsten | sie sind am chicsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | chicster | chicste | chicstes | chicste |
| genitive | chicsten | chicster | chicsten | chicster | |
| dative | chicstem | chicster | chicstem | chicsten | |
| accusative | chicsten | chicste | chicstes | chicste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der chicste | die chicste | das chicste | die chicsten |
| genitive | des chicsten | der chicsten | des chicsten | der chicsten | |
| dative | dem chicsten | der chicsten | dem chicsten | den chicsten | |
| accusative | den chicsten | die chicste | das chicste | die chicsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein chicster | eine chicste | ein chicstes | (keine) chicsten |
| genitive | eines chicsten | einer chicsten | eines chicsten | (keiner) chicsten | |
| dative | einem chicsten | einer chicsten | einem chicsten | (keinen) chicsten | |
| accusative | einen chicsten | eine chicste | ein chicstes | (keine) chicsten | |