chichi

1. 1.

   affectedly trendy and fashionable

   Similarstylish

Other forms of chichi

plural

chichis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chichi

What does chichi mean?

chichi means "someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chichi?

chichi has 2 syllables: chi-chi. The stress falls on "chi". In IPA it is /ˈtʃitʃi/.

What is another word for chichi?

Close synonyms include chic, chicness, modishness, smartness, stylishness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chichi a common word?

chichi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.