Gucci

See also: gucci and gùcci

English

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)

  1. (hip-hop slang) Good; copacetic
    • 2016, Gustav Åhr, Jazz Butler, Braden Morgan, Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello (lyrics and music), “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 (lyrics and music), “Come Down” (track 1), in Come Down, performed by Nate Good:
      Yeah, it's all gucci it's all gucci / It's all grand

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Gucci.

Proper noun

Gucci (countable and uncountable, plural Guccis)

  1. A surname from Italian.
  2. Gucci, the Italian fashion house

Noun

Gucci (plural Guccis)

  1. An item sold by the House of Gucci

References

  1. Suzanne Kemmer (2013 November 25) “Gucci”, in The Rice University Neologisms Database, Rice University, archived from the original on 2 July 2020
  2. Eve Peyser (2016 March 30) “A Guide to Cool Teen Slang”, in The Cut, retrieved July 2, 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

  1. a surname
    Guccio Gucci, Italian designer

Descendants

  • English: gucci, Gucci

Swedish

Alternative forms

Adjective

Gucci (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Gucci

Usage notes

Uninflected.

Proper noun

Gucci n (genitive Guccis)

  1. a surname from Italian.
  2. Gucci, the Italian fashion house

Noun

Gucci c

  1. an item sold by the House of Gucci

Declension

Declension of Gucci 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative Gucci Guccin Guccis Guccisarna
Genitive Guccis Guccins Guccis Guccisarnas
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