comme ci comme ça

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

comme ci comme ça (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: average, fair, meh, mediocre, middling, lackluster, okay, so-so

   The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was comme ci comme ça.

Translations

neither good nor bad

• Finnish: mitäänsanomaton (fi), keskinkertainen (fi)
• Hebrew: (slang) ככה-ככה f (kakhah-kakhah)
• Italian: così cosà
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: passe (no)

• Polish: tak sobie (pl)
• Russian: так себе́ (ru) (tak sebé), не очень (ne očenʹ), средне (ru) (sredne)
• Spanish: más o menos (es)
• Vietnamese: bình thường (vi)

Adverb

comme ci comme ça (not comparable)

1. Neither very well nor very poorly.

   Synonyms: blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably, so-so

   How did he do at the tryouts? Oh, comme ci comme ça.

Translations

neither well nor poorly

• Finnish: niin ja näin, keskinkertaisesti
• French: comme ci comme ça (fr), couci-couça (fr)
• German: so lala (de)
• Louisiana Creole: kom-çi-kom-ça
• Polish: tak sobie (pl)
• Russian: так себе́ (ru) (tak sebé)
• Spanish: más o menos (es)
• Turkish: şöyle böyle (tr)

French

Alternative forms

• comme ci, comme ça

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm si kɔm sa/

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• Rhymes: -a

Adverb

comme ci comme ça

1. comme ci comme ça, so-so

   Synonyms: moyen, moyennement, couci-couça, couci-couci

Descendants

• → Finnish: komsii komsaa
• Louisiana Creole: kom-çi-kom-ça