chichiteux
French, adjective/ʃi.ʃi.tø/
chichiteux is spelled C-H-I-C-H-I-T-E-U-X (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chichiteux is a French adjective meaning “chichi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui fait des chichis, des manières, des simagrées”.
What does chichiteux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
chichi
Elle distribuait à l'ameublement quelques mauvaises notes : − Ravissant citronnier dix-huit-cent-trente ! Un peu chichiteux pour un homme.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui fait des chichis, des manières, des simagrées.
noun: 1. Celui qui fait des chichis, des manières, des simagrées.
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 chichiteux
- chichiteuse feminine
- chichiteuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chichiteux?
- /ʃi.ʃi.tø/
- \ʃi.ʃi.tø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chichiteux in French?
chichiteux appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).