yuppie
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, + -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjʌpɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjʌpi/
- Rhymes: -ʌpi
Noun edit
yuppie (plural yuppies)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
young upwardly mobile urban professional person
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French edit
Noun edit
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ yuppie in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.
Noun edit
yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)
- yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
yuppie m (plural yuppies)
- Alternative spelling of yuppy
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
yuppie c
- a yuppie
Declension edit
Declension of yuppie | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | yuppie | yuppien | yuppies, yuppier | yuppierna |
Genitive | yuppies | yuppiens | yuppies, yuppiers | yuppiernas |