Chic

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Elegant, raffiniert, stilvoll , 🇪🇸 Estilo elegante y refinado. , 🇮🇹 Eleganza, stile raffinato , 🇵🇹 Elegância, refinamento , 🇨🇳 时髦，有品味 , 🇯🇵 洗練されたエレガントなスタイル , 🇰🇷 우아하고 정제된 스타일 , 🇸🇦 الأناقة والذوق الرفيع , 🇮🇳 सुव्यवस्थित, परिष्कृत, फैशनेबल

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Etymology

The French noun *chic* is a borrowing from 18th‑century English *chic*, which in turn comes from a Middle Dutch verb *schikken* (“to arrange, to order”). It entered French with the sense of stylish fashion and, by the late 19th century, broadened to mean elegant or refined. No Latin or Greek roots are involved; the word’s history is a straightforward borrowing and semantic shift.

Synonyms

l'élégance le style la classe le raffinement la sophistication le panache le goût

Antonyms

vulgaire démodé brut conventionnel ordinaire