yuppie

English

Alternative forms

yuppy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌpɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌpi/
Rhymes: -ʌpi

Noun

yuppie (plural yuppies)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

young upwardly mobile urban professional person

Belarusian: я́пі m (jápi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雅皮士 (zh) (yǎpíshì), 雅痞 (yǎpǐ)
Dutch: yuppie (nl) m, yup (nl) m
Estonian: pintsaklipslane, yuppie (et)
Finnish: juppi (fi)
French: yuppie (fr) m or f, bobo (fr) m or f
German: Yuppie (de) m
Greek: γιάπης (el) m (giápis)
Hebrew: יָאפִּי‎ m (yápi)
Hungarian: fiatal értelmiségi
Icelandic: uppi (is) m
Italian: yuppie (it) m or f
Japanese: ヤッピー (yappī)
Korean: 여피 (yeopi)
Latvian: japijs m, jampijs m
Limburgish: jöppie m
Norwegian: japp (no) m, yuppie m
Polish: yuppie (pl) m, yuppi m, japiszon m
Portuguese: yuppie m or f
Russian: я́ппи (ru) m or f (jáppi)
Spanish: yuppy m, yuppie (es) m, yupi (es) m
Swedish: yuppie c
Turkish: yupi
Ukrainian: я́ппі m (jáppi)

French

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

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)

yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Derived terms

yuppismo

References

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)

yuppie (young upwardly mobile urban professional person)

Spanish

Noun

yuppie m (plural yuppies)

Alternative spelling of yuppy

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