Gucci
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuːt͡ʃi/
Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
Likely from an expansion of the Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci, which shares a similar sound with "good"; developed in the 2000s.[1][2]
Alternative forms
Adjective
Gucci (not comparable)
- (hip-hop slang) Good; copacetic
- 2016, Gustav Åhr, Jazz Butler, Braden Morgan, Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, “White Tee” (track 10), in Crybaby, performed by Lil Peep and Lil Tracy:
- I'll make it look easy, believe me, we gucci
- 2016, Jerry E. Strahan, Lucky Dogs: From Bourbon Street to Beijing and Beyond, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 233:
- When he hung up, he said, "It's all Gucci." / "It's what?" / "It's Gucci. Everything's all right." / "Make sure it stays Gucci."
- 2018, Nate Good, “Come Down” (track 1), in Come Down, performed by Nate Good:
- Yeah, it's all gucci it's all gucci / It's all grand
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian Gucci. The fashion house is named after its founder, Guccio Gucci.
Proper noun
Gucci (countable and uncountable, plural Guccis)
- A surname from Italian.
Noun
Gucci (plural Guccis)
- An item sold by the fashion house Gucci.
Further reading
References
- ^ Suzanne Kemmer (25 November 2013) “Gucci”, in The Rice University Neologisms Database[1], Rice University, archived from the original on 2 July 2020
- ^ Eve Peyser (30 March 2016) “A Guide to Cool Teen Slang”, in The Cut[2], retrieved 2 July 2020
Italian
Etymology
A variant of the Old Italian name Uguccione, a diminutive meliorative form of Ugo through the suffix -uccio, found primarily in Tuscany.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡut.t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -uttʃi
- Hyphenation: Gùc‧ci
Proper noun
Gucci m or f by sense
- a surname
- Guccio Gucci, Italian designer
Descendants
Swedish
Alternative forms
Adjective
Gucci (not comparable, indeclinable)
- (slang) Gucci
Proper noun
Gucci n (genitive Guccis)
- a surname from Italian
- Gucci, the Italian fashion house
Noun
Gucci c
- an item sold by the House of Gucci
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | Gucci | Guccis |
| definite | Guccin | Guccins | |
| plural | indefinite | Guccis | Guccis |
| definite | Guccisarna | Guccisarnas |