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chic.

Elegant, stylish.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʃiːk/Received-Pronunciation/ʃik/General-American

  1. Elegant, stylish.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).

noun/ʃiːk/Received-Pronunciation/ʃik/General-American

  1. Good form; style.

    uncountable

  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.

    countable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).

noun

  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chiʼik (“coati; buffoon”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.