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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Pronunciation
Noun
yuppie (plural yuppies)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
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Translations
young upwardly mobile urban professional person
- Belarusian: я́пі m (jápi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雅皮士 (zh) (yǎpíshì), 雅痞 (yǎpǐ)
- Dutch: yuppie (nl) m, yup (nl) m
- Estonian: pintsaklipslane, yuppie (et)
- Finnish: juppi (fi)
- French: yuppie (fr) m or f, bobo (fr) m or f
- German: Yuppie (de) m
- Greek: γιάπης (el) m (giápis)
- Hebrew: יָאפִּי m (yápi)
- Hungarian: fiatal értelmiségi
- Icelandic: uppi (is) m
- Italian: yuppie (it) m or f
- Japanese: ヤッピー (yappī)
- Korean: 여피 (yeopi)
- Latvian: japijs m, jampijs m
- Limburgish: jöppie m
- Norwegian: japp (no) m, yuppie m
- Polish: yuppie (pl) m, yuppi m, japiszon m
- Portuguese: yuppie m or f
- Russian: я́ппи (ru) m or f (jáppi)
- Spanish: yuppy m, yuppie (es) m, yupi (es) m
- Swedish: yuppie (sv) c
- Turkish: yupi
- Ukrainian: я́ппі m (jáppi)
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French
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- yuppie
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjup.pi/, (careful style) /ˈjap.pi/
- Rhymes: -uppi, (careful style) -appi
Noun
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Noun
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Spanish
Noun
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- Alternative spelling of yuppy
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English yuppie.
Noun
yuppie c
- a yuppie
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