chiche

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See also: chiché and chi che

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiʃ/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French chiche, possibly from or related to Latin ciccum, or alternatively an expressive or onomatopoetic expression (compare Spanish chico, Catalan xic). The interjection probably derives from the "capable" sense, suggesting in its usage "not capable".

Adjective

chiche (plural chiches)

  1. mean, stingy
    Synonyms: mesquin, radin
  2. scanty, meagre, stingy
  3. (colloquial, predicative only) able, capable

Interjection

chiche

  1. I dare you!

Descendants

  • → Russian: шиш (šiš) (possible)

Etymology 2

From Latin cicer (“chickpea”).

See pois chiche.

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Cf. Latin ciccum.

Adjective

chiche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiche)

  1. miserly; stingy

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: chi‧che

Adjective

chiche (invariable)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala) easy.
    Synonym: fácil
    El examen estaba súper chiche.
    The test was super easy.

Noun

chiche f (plural chiches)

  1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico) breast (female organs)
    Synonyms: pecho, seno, teta, mama, busto

chiche m (plural chiches)

  1. (colloquial, Argentina, Honduras, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru) breast (female organs)
    Synonyms: pecho, seno, teta, mama, busto

Verb

chiche

  1. inflection of chichar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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