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chic

Spanish, noun/ˈʃik/

chic is spelled C-H-I-C (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chic is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does chic mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinechic

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechic

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que se distingue por la gracia y el refinamiento de su aspecto 2. Que se ajusta a los cánones de la moda, especialmente a la vanguardia de la misma

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of chic

  • chics feminine masculine plural
  • shic alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chic?

  • /ˈʃik/
  • [ˈʃik]
  • /ˈt͡ʃik/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chic

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chic in Spanish?

chic appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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