Chic

Definition: Chic

Chic

Adjective

1. Elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut".

Noun

1. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.

Date "chic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Chic Fashionable; comme il faut; the mode. This is an archaic French word in vogue in the seventeenth century. It really is the Spanish chico, little, also a little boy, and chica, a little girl or darling. Similarly, wee in Scotch is a loving term of admiration and pride. (Chic is an abbreviation of the German geschickt, apt, clever.) "Juse de mots de l'art, je met en marge hic; J'espere avec le tems que j'entendrai le chic." Les Satyres de Du Lorens, xii. p. 97. Avoir le chic. To have the knack of doing the thing smartly. Chicard and chicandard = elegant, de grand style, are very common expressions with artists. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Chic is an American band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers, drummer Tony Thompson, and bassist Bernard Edwards. They are best remembered for their disco songs, including "Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977), "Everybody Dance" (1977), "Le Freak" (1978), "I Want Your Love" (1978), "Good Times" (1979), and "My Forbidden Lover" (1979). In the 1980s, the band struggled to obtain airplay and sales and eventually disbanded. In the early 1990s, Rodgers and Edwards regrouped and worked on new material. Edwards died in 1996 in Japan, but Chic continued to tour with new musicians.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CHIC	English	Constraint Handling in Industry and Commerce	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Chic

Synonyms: smart (adj), voguish (adj), chicness (n), last word (n), modishness (n), smartness (n), stylishness (n), swank (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Fashion	Modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled; (unfamiliar); all the rage, all the go; with it, in, faddish.
	Custom; mode, vogue, go; rage; (desire); prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word.
Ostentation	Dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_, chic.
	Coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene; tour de force; chic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Chic

English words defined with "chic": groovy ♦ swagger. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Chic" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (chic), French (chic, classy, cunning, dainty, dapper, dressed up, dressy, elegance, elegant, fair, fashionable, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, handsome, jaunty, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, rakish, rich, saucy, seemly, select, selected, smart, smartness, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sport, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, style, stylish, stylishness, suave, swagger, swell, swollen, tailor made, taut, tight, well groomed), Portuguese (stylish), Spanish (chic), Swedish (chic, stylish).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Maggie I call Heroine chic, and then next is Crazy Baby (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada) I mean, he went from totally geek, to totally chic! (Can't Buy Me Love; writing credit: Michael Swerdlick)
Lyrics	New Yorkers love the Puerto Ricans 'cause it's very chic. (National Brotherhood Week; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Fröken Chic (1959) Paris Chic (1997) Au chic resto pop (1990) Super Chic (1985)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Making Handbags: Retro, Chic, Luxurious (reference) Chic SImple Dress Smart for Women: Wardrobes that Win in the Workplace (reference) Chic Simple Women's Wardrobe: Kim Johnson Gross and Jeff Stone (reference) China Chic (reference) Shabby Chic (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Tres Chic (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	C'est Chic (reference) The Very Best of Chic (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Blondie. A burp special! / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.		Blondie. Happy landing Dagwood! / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Blondie. Launched on a new day / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.		Blondie. Dagwood, there's a note for you under your front door mat / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Blondie. The eyes have a word for it / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.		Blondie. It's the ostrich in him! / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Blondie. Oh, boy! Everybody's gone...what a chance to take a nice, hot relaxing bath / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.		The Prudent buyer selects the Shirk, the latest, neatest, and lightest bicycle in the world / Ottman, Chic. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Marguerita Sylva in Kirke La Shelle's elaborate opera comique production, The Princess Chic book by Kirke La Shelle, music by Julian Edwards. Credit: Library of Congress.		The Princess Chic. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Chic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 57.28% of the time. "Chic" is used about 206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	57.28%	118	29,674
Noun (singular)	42.72%	88	35,154
Total	100.00%	206	N/A

Expression using "chic": in chic neighbourhood. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "chic": chic-but-not-denim, chic-est, chic-ly, chic-scratch, chic-style.
	Ending with "chic": anti-chic, non-chic, once-chic, radical-chic, techno-chic, tongue-in-chic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "chic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		elegant (courtly, dainty, dashing, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, genteel, high-toned, modish, nifty, Nobby, silk stocking, Spruce, stylish, trig, willowy), elegancë (class, daintiness, elegance, elegancy, grace, smartness, stylishness, urbanity). (various references)

Arabic		‏مطابق للزي الرسمي, ‏أنيق (bijou, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed), ‏أناقة (daintiness, deftness, elegance, fineness, finery, neatness, richness, smartness, sophistication, sport, style, stylishness, suavity). (various references)

Bulgarian		шикозен (ritzy, slapping), шик (classy, dressy, pansy, pert, posh, rakish, saucy, snazzy, swell, swish), моден (current, fashionable, genteel, go, high-toned, in, mainstream, mod, modern, modish, new, newfangled, nifty, rakish, saucy, smart, stylish, swanky, swell, swinging, swish). (various references)

Czech		šik. (various references)

Dutch		sjiek, chic. (various references)

Esperanto		ŝika. (various references)

Faeroese		snotiligur (slender, slim), snøggur (elegant). (various references)

Farsi		مد (Highwater, Mode, Vogue), زیبا (Beauteous, Beautiful, Cute, Dinky, Handsome, Picturesque, Pulchritudinous, Scrumptious, Spiffy, Stylish, Yummy), شیک (Dapper, Dinky, Scrumptious, Smart, Snappy, Stylish, Suave, Swell, Trig), باب روز (In, Stylish). (various references)

Finnish		tyylikäs (stylish), hieno (choice, delicate, elegant, exquisite, fine, finely dressed, noble, refined, thin). (various references)

French		chic, bath (chick), élégant, élégance. (various references)

German		schick (chick, dressy, elegant, fancy, modish, modishly, natty, peachiness, peachy, posh, smart, smartly, smartness, sophisticated, spiffy, style, stylish, tony, trendy). (various references)

Greek		σικ (posh). (various references)

Hebrew		מ�"ו�"ר (adorned, grand, luxurious, ornate, rich, sporty, stylish), מסו�'� ן (edited, styled, stylish, stylized). (various references)

Hungarian		sikkes (dressy, posh, primp, smart, stylish, swish, upscale), sikk (style), kézügyesség (cunning, dexterity, handcraft, handicraft, manual skill), elegancia (elegance, elegancy, gracefulness, neatness, style, stylishness). (various references)

Indonesian		perlente, indah (aesthetical, decorative, exquisite, gorgeous, picturesque, posh, scenic), apik (attractive, neat, tidy, trim). (various references)

Italian		stile (chick, fashion, smart, style, tony), sciccoso, fine (close, closure, conclusion, dainty, end, ending, fine, finish, object, purpose, result, sake, subtile, subtle, termination, thin), elegante (courtly, Dandy, dapper, delicate, dressy, elegant, elegantly, fine, graceful, natty, nifty, plush, polite, posh, sleek, smart, snappy, stylish), alla moda (fashionable, stylish, swish, up to date). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		粋 (essence, purity, style). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おつ (quaint, queer, romantic, spicy, strange, stylish, tasty, witty), いき (abandonment, breath, court rank diploma, desertion, disposition, essence, freshness, going, heart, level, limits, purity, region, relinquishment, spirit, stage, stet, style, tone), シック . (various references)

Manx		fashanagh (dressy, stylish, swell, tony). (various references)

Pig Latin		icchay.(various references)

Portuguese		chique (stylish). (various references)

Romanian		şic (dressy, smart, smartness, style, stylish, stylishness, tasty). (various references)

Russian		элегантный (elegant, gent, genteel, silk stocking, smug, soigne, soignee, stylish), элегантность (daintiness, elegance, elegancy, stylishness), шикарный (classy, deluxe, nobby, slap up, slap-up, snazzy, stylish, swanky, swell), шик (schick). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		stil (getup, style, ton), elegantnost, šik (class, posh). (various references)

Spanish		elegante (bijou, courtly, dainty, debonair, dressy, elegant, fashionable, Flossy, fragrant, genteel, graceful, handsome, ladylike, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, posh, rakish, refined, silk stocking, smart, snazzy, sporty, stylish, trim). (various references)

Swedish		chic (stylish), stil (dash, diction, fineness, flair, genre, hand writing, manner, panache, print, style, tone, touch, vein), parant (elegant), elegant (courtly, dasher, dressy, elegant, fashionable, fine, graceful, handsomely, posh, refined, sleek, smart), elegans (concinnity, elegance, elegancy, fineness, finesse, flair, grace, refinement, splendor, splendour, style). (various references)

Thai		ทันสมัย (cool, fashionable, new-fashioned, sleek, swinging), ความสวยงามทันสมัย. (various references)

Turkish		modaya uygun (a la mode, fashionable, groovy, hip, in style, in the groove, in the ton, in vogue, modish, saucy, snazzy, stylish, tonish), şıklık (elegance, fashionness, finery, smartness, spruceness, style, swank, ton, trimness), şık (alternative, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market). (various references)

Ukrainian		шик (nuttiness), вишуканість (courtliness, daintiness, delicacy, elegance, fineness, nicety, smartness), вишуканий (accomplished, ambitious, becoming, choice, courtly, dainty, delicate, distinguished, dressmaker, exquisite, fine, foppish, kid glove, minion, nice, nutty, polished, polite, precious, quaint, recherche, trim, way up), нарядний (brave, dink, dinky, nutty, ornate, spiffed, spiffing, swagger, well-dressed), модний (cheesy, dressy, fancy, fashionable, in wear, modish, nifty, passant, snappy, spiffing, stylish, swellish), ефектний (dramatic, effective, glamorous, glamourous, showy, spectacular, telling), елегантність (dandyism, elegance, gracefulness, nicety, nuttiness, stylishness), елегантний (becoming, debonair, delicate, elegant, genteel, graceful, nice, nifty, primp, silk stocking, smirk, spiffed, swagger, swell, well-tailored). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự sang trọng, sự lịch sự (affability, affableness, comity, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, politeness, refinement), lịch sự (affable, civil-spoken, courteous, courtly, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, urbane, well-mannered), diện sang trọng, bảnh (knowing, sharp, slap-up, spiffy, tony). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "chic": chicane, chicaned, chicaner, chicaneries, chicaners, chicanery, chicanes, chicaning, chicano, chicanos, chiccories, chiccory, chicer, chicest, chichi, chichis, chick, chickadee, chickadees, chickaree, chickarees, chickee, chickees, chicken, chickened, chickenhearted, chickening, chickenpox, chickenpoxes, chickens, chickories, chickory, chickpea, chickpeas, chicks, chickweed, chickweeds, chicle, chicles, chicly, chicness, chicnesses, chico, chicories, chicory, chicos, chics. (additional references)
	Words ending with "chic": amphibrachic, anarchic, autarchic, bacchic, diarchic, dyarchic, elenchic, hierarchic, interpsychic, intrapsychic, monarchic, oligarchic, psychic, stichic, stomachic, superchic, synecdochic, tetrarchic, tribrachic, ultrachic, unchic. (additional references)
	Words containing "chic": anarchical, anarchically, antihierarchical, antimonarchical, autarchical, boychick, boychicks, colchicine, colchicines, colchicum, colchicums, dabchick, dabchicks, hierarchical, hierarchically, intrapsychically, machicolated, machicolation, machicolations, monarchical, monarchically, nonhierarchical, oligarchical, psychical, psychically, psychics, stomachics, synecdochical, synecdochically, unchicly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Chic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cci, ccix, Chac, chach, chax, chec, chech, chek, chesh, chhish, Chhy, chia, chics, chicu, chid, chig, chih, chikd, chim, chinc, chio, Ch'io, chiq, Chis, chish, chiu, chiv, Chix, Chiz, cho, choch, choicy, Chuc, Chuca, Cibc, cic, cihg, cisc, clic, cohi, Coic, csic, cxix, hci, Kci, Khac, Khi, kic, nhic, phic, shic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "chic" (pronounced shē"k)
3	sh ē" k	sheik, Sheikh.
2	-ē" k	antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bleak, boutique, cacique, cheek, cleek, clique, creak, Creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, greek, leak, leek, meek, misspeak, mystique, oblique, peak, peek, physique, pique, reek, respeak, seek, shriek, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tweak, unique, weak, week, wreak.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-h-i"
	-1 letter: chi, hic, ich.
	-2 letters: hi.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-h-i"
	+1 letter: chick, chico, chics, cinch.
	+2 letters: chemic, chicer, chichi, chicks, chicle, chicly, chicos, chinch, choice, choric, chymic, cliche, clinch, cochin, echoic, hectic, hiccup, unchic.
	+3 letters: archaic, bacchic, bacchii, caching, caliche, ceviche, chalcid, chalice, chaotic, chasmic, chemics, chicane, chicano, chicest, chichis, chickee, chicken, chicles, chicory, chinchy, chloric, choicer, choices, choreic, chromic, chronic, chymics, cichlid, cinched, cinches, cliched, cliches, cochair, cochins, cockish, conchie, gnocchi, hiccups, macchia, macchie, picacho, psychic, schtick, scraich, stichic, technic, zecchin.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
shabby chic	1,365	chic duvet linen shabby	21
chic	466	biker chic	21
chic fil	260	shabby chic slip cover	20
shabby chic furniture	181	chic duvets shabby	20
chic jean	75	chic fillet	19
chic filet	73	chic scott	17
shabby chic decorating	71	chic nopi	17
shabby chic fabric	61	shabby chic sofa	16
shabby chic bedding	51	biker chic pic	16
chic fila	48	chic suite	15
shabby chic chandelier	41	cheap and chic	15
chic hot	39	shabby chic store	15
rachel ashwell shabby chic	35	chabby chic	15
shabby chic decor	34	shabby chic baby bedding	15
chic simple	28	shabby chic decorating idea	15
chic pic	26	chic johnson	15
chic furniture shabby wholesale	24	chic sensible	14
shabby chic baby	23	shabby chic bedroom	14
wholesale shabby chic	23	chic chocs	13
chic magazine	22	chic corea	13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Chic

Definition: Chic

Chic

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Specialty Definition: Chic

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CHIC

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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