tchotchke
4 synonyms for tchotchke, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A small, cheap ornament or trinket.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
tchotchkeleh
chachka
tshatshke
tsatske
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish טשאַטשקע (tshatshke, “ornament; trinket; toy; (figurative) attractive girl or woman”), from a Slavic language and probably ultimately imitative of a baby’s utterances. Slavic cognates * Polish cacko (“toy; knick-knack, trinket; pretty thing”), from caca (“nice thing”), and czaczko (“(obsolete) toy...
Full origin of tchotchke →