chic
French, noun/ʃik/
chic is spelled C-H-I-C (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chic is a French masculine noun meaning “elegance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élégance extrême”.
What does chic mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elegant, fancy, stylish, posh, swank
- 2
considerate
noun
- 1
masculineelegance
- 2
masculineskillfulness; adroitness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Élégant. 2. Digne de sympathie par son caractère, sa manière d’agir. (Dans ce sens moral, l’épithète précède le nom.) 3. Chouette.
noun: 1. Élégance extrême. 2. Grande habileté.
noun: 1. Bruant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chic
- chics plural
- chique singular feminine
- chiques plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chic?
- /ʃik/
- \ʃik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (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 French?
chic appears 9.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).