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chica
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).
Noun
chica (plural chicas)
- (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
Etymology 2
Noun
chica (uncountable)
- An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ika/, [?t??i.ka]
Adjective
chica
- feminine singular of chico
Noun
chica f (plural chicas, masculine chico, masculine plural chicos)
- female equivalent of chico, girl
- (colloquial) gal, chick
Usage notes
The noun chico is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
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china
English
Alternative forms
- China (generally dated)
- (dialectal): chiney, cheny, cheney, chenea, chainy, chaney, chany, chaynee, chayney, cheenie, cheeny, chainé
Etymology
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of china-ware and via this sense of Persian ???? (ch?n?) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?t?a?n?/
- (UK, obsolete) IPA(key): /?t?e?n?/, /?t?i?n?/
- Rhymes: -a?n?
Noun
china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)
- (uncountable) Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now (chiefly US) sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
- (uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- They sell Callicoes, Cheney Sattin, Cheney ware.
- 1653, Henry Cogan translating Fernão Mendes Pinto as The Voyages and Adventures of Fernand Mendez Pinto, p. 206:
- ...a Present of certain very rich Pieces of China.
- 1634, Thomas Herbert, A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, p. 41:
- (uncountable, chiefly US, dated) Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- What is porcelain? A fine earthenware differing from china in being harder, whiter, harder to fuse and more translucent than ordinary pottery.
- 1921 May 11, "Edison Questions Stir Up a Storm", New York Times:
- (uncountable) Synonym of China root, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Synonym of cheyney: worsted or woolen stuff.
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
Is to bless us with China so tight...
- ...And then the last boon I'll implore,
- 1790, Alexander Wilson, Poems, p. 55:
- (countable) Synonym of China rose, in its various senses.
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- Rosa indica (the common China); Rosa semperflorens (the monthly China).
- 1844, Jane Loudon, The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden, 3rd ed., p. 344:
- (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, Australia, South Africa) Synonym of friend.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- ‘Now, then, my china-plate...’ This is essentially a brick~layer's phrase. If for ‘china-plate’ you substitute ‘mate’,... the puzzle is revealed.
- 1925, Edward Fraser & al., Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases, p. 53:
- China, or Old China: chum.
- 1880, Daniel William Barrett, Life and Work among the Navvies, 2nd ed., p. 41:
- (uncountable, dated) Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- Tea... Finest China, Plain (Moning).
- 1907, Yesterday's Shopping, p. 1:
- (countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.
- 1932 March, Dan Beard, "New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles", Boys' Life, p. 27:
- (countable, music) A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
- China cymbals are a type of short sound cymbal. [Brand X] makes chinas with really short sounds.
- 2010, Carmine Appice, Drums for Everyone, p. 78:
Derived terms
- bone china, bull in a china shop, china-blue, china-closet, china doll, china eye, china-fancier, china-glaze, china-house, china-hunter, china-like, china mark, china money, china-oven, china-painting, china-paints, china-shell, china-shop, china-stone, china-tipper, china token, china wedding
Translations
References
- “China, n.¹ and adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1889
- “china”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Anich, Chain, Chian, chain
French
Verb
china
- third-person singular past historic of chiner
Anagrams
- nicha
Italian
Etymology 1
Adjective form.
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Etymology 2
From the verb chinare.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- slope, decline, descent
- Synonyms: pendio, declivio, discesa
Related terms
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Spanish quina, quinaquina, from Quechua.
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- cinchona (tree)
Related terms
Etymology 4
From Portuguese China, namely "ink of China".
Noun
china f (plural chine)
- Indian ink
Etymology 5
Verb form.
Verb
china
- third-person singular present of chinare
- second-person singular imperative of chinare
Japanese
Romanization
china
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kalasha
Adjective
china
- Alternative spelling of ?hína
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??i.n?/
- Homophone: China
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent
Etymology 2
From China.
Noun
china m, f (plural chinas)
- (dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China
- Synonym: chinês
Quechua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/
Noun
china
- female (of humans or animals)
- a woman of low social status
- servant, slavegirl
Declension
References
- “china” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ina/, [?t??i.na]
Etymology 1
From the infantile/nursery word chin, a children's guessing game.
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- pebble, small stone (usually rounded)
- (Venezuela) slingshot
Derived terms
- tirachinas
Related terms
- chin
Etymology 2
Adjective
china
- feminine singular of chino
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- female equivalent of chino (“Chinese man”)
See also
- tinta china
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Quechua china (“female”).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (derogatory, South America) female servant in a hacienda
- (Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) babysitter
- Synonym: niñera
Etymology 4
Allusion to the orange fruit's Asian origin (as in sinensis in Citrus sinensis).
Noun
china f (plural chinas)
- (Puerto Rico) orange (fruit)
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