chiche
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
chiche (plural chiches)
Interjection edit
chiche
- I dare you!
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin cicer (“chickpea”).
See pois chiche.
Further reading edit
- “chiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Cf. Latin ciccum.
Adjective edit
chiche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiche)
Descendants edit
- French: chiche
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
chiche (invariable)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala) easy.
- Synonym: fácil
- El examen estaba súper chiche.
- The test was super easy.
Noun edit
chiche f (plural chiches)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico) breast (female organs)
chiche m (plural chiches)
Verb edit
chiche
- inflection of chichar:
Further reading edit
- “chiche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014