chic
English
/ʃiːk/, /ʃik/
adj
Definitions
- Elegant, stylish.
Etymology
Borrowed from French chic (elegant) derived from German Schick (tasteful presentation, elegant appearance, correct clothing, correct manners) derived from Middle High German schicken (outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately), geschehen, geschēn (rush, happen) derived from Old High German giskehan (happen) derived from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (move quickly, emerge, run, spring up, happen, come up, jump, spring) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (jump, spring, run, be agile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skek-
Gloss
jump, spring, run, be agile
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chicly English
- chicness English
- chiconomics English
- superchic English
- uberchic English
- ultrachic English
- unchic English
- unchicly English
- chic Finnish
- Chic German
- Schick German
- schick German
- schicken German
- chic Dutch, Flemish
- geschieden Dutch, Flemish
- schielijk Dutch, Flemish
- sjiek Dutch, Flemish
- chic French
- chicard French
- chiquement French
- шик Russian
- chic Spanish, Castilian
- *skek- Proto-Indo-European
- chique Portuguese
- *gaskehaną Proto-Germanic
- *skehaną Proto-Germanic
- シック Japanese
- szyk Polish
- sceon Old English
- schelike Middle Dutch
- *skihhen Old High German
- gisciht Old High German
- giskehan Old High German
- skielik Afrikaans
- шик Bulgarian
- geschegen Middle High German
- geschehen Middle High German
- geschehen, geschēn Middle High German
- schicken Middle High German
- geschéien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schécken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שיקן Yiddish
- *skian Old Dutch
- schēn Middle Low German
- *skaka Proto-Albanian
- sjiek Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish