yuppie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally an acronym for young upwardly mobile professional or young urban professional, +‎ -ie (suffix forming noun signifying person associated with suffixed noun).

Pronunciation

Noun

yuppie (plural yuppies)

  1. (informal, sometimes derogatory, dated) A young upwardly mobile urban professional person with an affluent lifestyle.

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Translations

French

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

  1. yuppie

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjup.pi/, (careful style) /ˈjap.pi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -uppi, (careful style) -appi

Noun

yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies or yuppie)

  1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ yuppie in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English yuppie.

Noun

yuppie m or f by sense (plural yuppies)

  1. yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Spanish

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

  1. alternative spelling of yuppy

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yuppie.

Noun

yuppie c

  1. a yuppie

Declension

Declension of yuppie
nominative genitive
singular indefinite yuppie yuppies
definite yuppien yuppiens
plural indefinite yuppies, yuppier yuppies, yuppiers
definite yuppierna yuppiernas

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References

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