chichi
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃi.ʃi/
Adjective
chichi (comparative more chichi, superlative most chichi)
- affectedly trendy; chic and stylish
- E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek
- Going in gangs to those chichi clubs at Maidenhead.
- 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.
- E. Taylor, Game of Hide-&-Seek
Etymology 2
From the Spanish (meaning "vulva"): onomatopoeia, variant of chocho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃi.tʃi/
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.
- 2011, Barbara Samuel, The Girls in the Basement: Celebration Book
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃi.tʃi/
References
- Medina, Genaro. (1999) Curso de Nahuatl, University of Americas, Cholula, Puebla p. 88.
Chamicuro
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃi.tʃi/
Noun
chichi (absolutive plural chichimeh)
- 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.
- 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.)
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 194v
Synonyms
Descendants
- Spanish: chichi
See also
- chihchi
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
Alternative forms
- chi̱chi (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃiːtʃi/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
Verb
chichi
- (intransitive) To suckle.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 162r
- Mamar. ni,chichi.
- 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 162r
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
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate to Classical Nahuatl chichi
French
Etymology
Probably related to chiche with a sense of "small thing"
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.ʃi/
Noun
chichi m (plural chichis)
- affected manners, demanding behaviour
- Faire des chichis à propos de rien...
- 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)
- sort of fritter, churro
Derived terms
Adjective
chichi (plural chichis)
- 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).
Further reading
- “chichi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃi/
Alternative forms
Noun
chichi m (plural chichis)
Etymology 3
Cognate to Portuguese xixi
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- pichí
- pipí
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