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comme ci comme ça

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
com-me -ci -com-me -ca
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.

adv

Neither very well nor very poorly.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French comme ci comme ça (literally “like this like that”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: comme ci comme ça

Synonyms

average fair meh mediocre middling lackluster okay so-so comme ci comme ça crappy moderate decent

Questions

What does comme ci comme ça mean?
Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
Where does comme ci comme ça come from?
It is traced to French.

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