chiche

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See also: chiché and chi che

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃiʃ/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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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

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chiche (plural chiches)

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

Interjection

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chiche

  1. I dare you!

Descendants

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  • Russian: шиш (šiš) (possible)

Etymology 2

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From Latin cicer (chickpea).

See pois chiche.

Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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Cf. Latin ciccum.

Adjective

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chiche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiche)

  1. miserly; stingy

Descendants

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -itʃe
  • Syllabification: chi‧che

Adjective

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chiche (invariable)

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

Noun

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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

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chiche

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

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