Meanings
- not comparableNeither very well nor very poorly.
How did he do at the tryouts? Oh, comme ci comme ça.
Synonyms: blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably, so-so
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNeither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
adverbNeither very well nor very poorly.
Origin
- Frenchcomme ci comme ça
- Englishcomme ci comme ça
Borrowed from French comme ci comme ça (literally “like this like that”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish mitäänsanomaton, keskinkertainen
- mitäänsanomatonneither good nor bad
- keskinkertainenneither good nor bad
- niin ja näinneither well nor poorly
- keskinkertaisestineither well nor poorly
French comme ci comme ça, couci-couça
- comme ci comme çaneither well nor poorly
- couci-couçaneither well nor poorly
German so lala
- so lalaneither well nor poorly
Hebrew ככה־ככה
- ככה־ככה (kakhah-kakhah)neither good nor bad
Italian così cosà, così così
- così cosàneither good nor bad
- così cosìneither good nor bad
Norwegian Bokmål passe
- passeneither good nor bad
Polish taki sobie, średni
- taki sobieneither good nor bad
- średnineither good nor bad
- tak sobieneither well nor poorly
- średnioneither well nor poorly
Russian так себе́, не очень
- так себе́ (tak sebé)neither good nor bad
- не очень (ne očenʹ)neither good nor bad
- средне (sredne)neither good nor bad
- так себе́ (tak sebé)neither well nor poorly
Spanish más o menos, más o menos
- más o menosneither good nor bad
- más o menosneither well nor poorly
Turkish şöyle böyle
- şöyle böyleneither well nor poorly
Vietnamese bình thường
- bình thườngneither good nor bad
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comme ci comme ça. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comme%20ci%20comme%20%C3%A7a
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