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“Chic” or “Sheik” or “Sheikh”

Overview

chic / sheik / sheikh are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

chic: (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable. (adjective) elegant and stylish.

sheik: (noun) the leader of an Arab village or family.

sheikh: NA

Pronunciation

chic: sh·IY·k

sheik: sh·IY·k

sheikh: sh·IY·k

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Examples in Context

Examples of “chic”

  • (1976), and by the band Chic with their hit "Dance, Dance,
  • guitar-pop based material, instead utilising Chic style guitar-funk and a bubbling
  • for the French phrase "bon chic, bon genre," a Parisian slang
  • Famous Ohio State footballer Chic Harley graduated from here.
  • cover art of the album Chic, also in 1977.
  • banlieues ("suburbs", sometimes qualified as "chic" or "pauvres" or les cités
  • music scene with a powerful chic black-toned concept, deviating from the
  • because in his words, "Western chic was a huge trend".
  • disco era; (Nile Rodgers and Chic, Village People, Thelma Houston and
  • Wheatcroft, Geoffrey, "'The Orientalist': The Chic of Araby", New York Times'',

Examples of “sheik”

  • Sheik Yerbouti — a Frank Zappa
  • quoted the Islamic Court's spokesman Sheik Ibrahim Mohamed as saying "We
  • Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik.
  • August, insurgents executed a tribal sheik who was encouraging his kinsmen
  • The song portrays a "sheik of the burning sands" named
  • the Yuma area, including The Sheik (1921), Beau Geste (1926), Beau
  • In September 2006, Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed
  • The Sheik (1921)
  • Sheik Adan Ismail, Adan Mohamed Salad
  • The Son of the Sheik (1926)

Examples of “sheikh”

  • bulletins as 'The Ghost of Sheikh Qassam'.
  • Abu Ali Jassim, a Sunni sheikh who had encouraged many of
  • After Sheikh Abdullah’s death, his son Farooq
  • international repute also such as Sheikh Dr. Obaidur Rahman, Sheikh Meraj
  • Sheikh Saif Bin Mohamed Bin Butti
  • Sheikh Jassem Cup: 4
  • Built in the affluent Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, it served as
  • senior Al Qaeda figure Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, which he was believed
  • Yasmin Sheikh – Co-founder, British Community Honours
  • In 1930 Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam organized and


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