Etymology

très chic

Today it means: In style; fashionable. Full definition →

French très chic ← ['fr ',
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  1. ['fr · borrowed from',
  2. French · borrowed fromtrès chic
  3. English todaytrès chic

Borrowed from French très chic (“very stylish”).

Words from the same roots

['fr', all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.