English

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

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃi.tʃi/

Noun

chichi ‎(animate)

1. Dog.

References

• Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.

Chamicuro

Noun

chichi

1. chili

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃi.tʃi/

Noun

chichi (absolutive plural chichimeh)

1. dog (both male and female)
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 194v

     Perro o perra. chichi. ytzcuintli.

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 95r. col. 2.

     Perro o perra. chichi. ytzcuintli.

     (Dog or bitch. chichi. ytzcuintli.)

   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 19v. col. 2.

     Chichi.perro,o perra.

     (Chichi. a dog or a bitch.)

Synonyms

• itzcuīntli

Descendants

• Spanish: chichi

See also

• chihchi

Derived terms

• chichitōn
• chichiyōtl
• tlālchichi

References

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• chi̱chi (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)

3. sort of fritter, churro

Derived terms

• chichiteux

Adjective

chichi m, f ‎(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).

Japanese

Romanization

chichi

1. rōmaji reading of ちち

Portuguese

Noun

chichi m (plural chichis)

1. Alternative spelling of xixi

Spanish

Etymology 1

Noun

chichi m ‎(plural chichis)

1. (vulgar) pussy; **** (****)

Etymology 2

From Nahuatl chichi ‎(“suckle”)

Alternative forms

• chichí

Noun

chichi m ‎(plural chichis)

1. (Panama) baby
2. (Honduras, colloquial) kid
3. (colloquial, Mexico, often in the plural) boob (breast)

Synonyms

• (breast): teta

Etymology 3

Cognate to Portuguese xixi

Alternative forms

• chichí

Noun

chichi m ‎(plural chichis)

1. (Latin America, childish) pee

Synonyms

• pichí
• pipí