VIP
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪp/
Noun
VIP (countable and uncountable, plural VIPs)
- Initialism of very important person.
- Coordinate terms: VVIP, VOP
- VIP lounge
- Nobody is allowed to contact me after 4pm. VIPs can call me on my home phone.
- 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
- On opening day at London's Frieze Art Fair, VIPs are allowed in at 2 pm and VOPs at 5 pm, but the VVIPs specially invited by sponsor Deutsche Bank gain entry at 11 am to check out the best work.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
- (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.
- (music) Initialism of variation in production: the remixing of one's own track.
Hypernyms
- (ventilator-induced pneumonia):
- VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
- HAP (“hospital-acquired pneumonia”)
- HCAP (“healthcare-associated pneumonia”)
- pneumonia
Derived terms
Related terms
ventilator-induced pneumonia
Translations
abbreviation: very important person
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Further reading
- Very important person on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
VIP
- (only as modifier) VIP (very important person)
- VIP-huone ― VIP room
- VIP-henkilö ― VIP (person)
Declension
- not applicable
Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- VIP (bui-ai-pī)
Pronunciation
Noun
VIP • (bippu)
- VIP (very important person)
Related terms
- VIPPER (Bippā)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- VIP (bippu)
Pronunciation
Noun
VIP • (bui-ai-pī)
- VIP (very important person)
References
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English VIP.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvip/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ip
- Syllabification: VIP
Noun
VIP m pers
- VIP (very important person)
Declension
Declension of VIP
singular | plural | |
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nominative | VIP | VIP-y |
genitive | VIP-a | VIP-ów |
dative | VIP-owi | VIP-om |
accusative | VIP-a | VIP-ów |
instrumental | VIP-em | VIP-ami |
locative | VIP-ie | VIP-ach |
vocative | VIP-ie | VIP-y |
Derived terms
adjectives
- VIP-owski
- vipowski