comme ci comme ça

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

Russian: так себе́ (ru) (tak sebé) 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)

Russian: так себе́ (ru) (tak sebé) Spanish: más o menos (es) Turkish: şöyle böyle (tr)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm si kɔm sa/

Adverb

comme ci comme ça

1. (dated) comme ci comme ça, so-so

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