chiche

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".

• IPA^(key): /ʃiʃ/

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chiche (plural chiches)

1. mean, stingy

   Synonyms: mesquin, radin

2. scanty, meagre, stingy
3. (colloquial, predicative only) able, capable

• pois chiche

chiche

1. I dare you!

• “chiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Cf. Latin ciccum.

chiche m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chiche)

1. miserly; stingy

• French: chiche

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit͡ʃe/ [ˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: chi‧che

chiche

1. inflection of chichar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative