Etymology 1
Borrowed from French chichi.
Adjective
chichi (comparative more chichi, superlative most chichi)
- (mildly derogatory) Affectedly trendy; chic and stylish in a pretentious way.
- Synonyms: bougie, bourgie
1969 January 22, Daily Telegraph:The sort of real delicious Italian country cooking that is a revelation after so much chichi Italian food dished up in London.
2017 September 20, Sophie Gilbert, “The Good Place Is Still TV Heaven”, in The Atlantic:Not since a journalist morphed into Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate has a metamorphosis been so jarring. Of course, there were clues: Michael kicked a puppy in the very second episode, and no self-respecting Elysium so closely resembles a chichi outdoor mall in Pasadena.
2019 September 9, Nick Trend, “Why now is the perfect time to rediscover an old favourite across the Channel”, in Daily Telegraph:If this was in Cornwall, which it so closely resembles, it would have become the most chichi of gentrified enclaves, colonised by big-name chefs and celebrity regulars.
Etymology 2
From Mexican Spanish chichi.
Noun
chichi (plural chichis)
- (slang, Latin America, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
2011, Barbara Samuel, The Girls in the Basement: Celebration Book:[H]e rubbed [his hands] with Bag Balm to help the cuts heal and keep the skin soft, a trick he'd learned from his grandmother, who told him when he was eighteen and getting ready for a date that no woman wanted to feel rough hands scratching up her chichis.
2014, Stephen May, Wake Up Happy Every Day:And later, in Latin Grill Express, Jesus makes sure to compliment her accent, her vocabulary, to express admiration for the way her chichis looked in the last dress all over again, then Sarah asks about his plans for work, what he will do when they all leave.
Noun
chichi (plural chichime)
- dog.
Etymology
Probably related to chiche with a sense of "small thing"
Noun
chichi m (plural chichis)
- affected manners, demanding behaviour
Faire des chichis à propos de rien.- to make a fuss about nothing
2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:D’une manière générale — pas seulement mon père —, les hommes n’aimaient pas ça. Ils en faisaient un principe Moi je fais pas de chichis à prendre de médicaments tout le temps, je suis pas une lopette.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- something showy
1948, Blaise Cendrars, Bourlinguer:[…] 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.- [...] the Americans, who are about to take over civilization, are still only at the stage of false luxury and the brilliance and showiness of cellophane wrappers.
- sort of fritter, churro
Adjective
chichi (plural chichis)
- chichi
1911, Sacha Guitry, Le Veilleur de nuit:Je ne connais pas une fille plus apprêtée, plus chichi, plus maniérée.- I don't know any girl more dolled-up, more chichi, more mannered.
Noun
chichi m (plural chichis)
- Portugal spelling of xixi
- Por falar em real, isto tem sido fantástico, mas acabaram as bolachas e tenho de ir fazer um chichi enorme. ― Speaking of real, this has been great, but the cookies are gone and I have to take a giant leak.
Verb
a chichi (third-person singular present chichie, past participle chichit) 4th conj.
- Obsolete form of chiti.
Conjugation
More information infinitive, gerund ...
infinitive |
a chichi |
gerund |
chichind |
past participle |
chichit |
number |
singular |
plural |
person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
indicative |
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eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
chichi |
chichi |
chiche |
chichim |
chichiți |
chichi |
imperfect |
chicheam |
chicheai |
chichea |
chicheam |
chicheați |
chicheau |
simple perfect |
chichii |
chichiși |
chichi |
chichirăm |
chichirăți |
chichiră |
pluperfect |
chichisem |
chichiseși |
chichise |
chichiserăm |
chichiserăți |
chichiseră |
subjunctive |
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eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
să chichi |
să chichi |
să chiche |
să chichim |
să chichiți |
să chiche |
imperative |
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— |
tu |
— |
— |
voi |
— |
affirmative |
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chiche |
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chichiți |
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negative |
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nu chichi |
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nu chichiți |
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References
- chichi in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃi/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi]
- Rhymes: -itʃi
- Syllabification: chi‧chi