chips
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪps/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪps
Verb
chips
- third-person singular simple present indicative of chip
Noun
chips
- plural of chip
Noun
chips (plural chips)
- (slang) A carpenter.
- 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
- But the Saturday-night bottles were not all. The carpenter and cooper, in sea parlance, Chips and Bungs, who were the "Cods," or leaders of the forecastle, in some way or other, managed to obtain an extra supply […]
- 1929, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 144, page 462:
- I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'
Related terms
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɕib̥s]
Noun
chips (plural definite chipsene)
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ʃɪps/, (rare, especially for the interjection) /tʃɪps/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: chips
- Rhymes: -ɪps
Noun
chips
Interjection
chips
- shoot; minced oath for Dutch shit
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /tʃɪps/
- Hyphenation: chips
- Rhymes: -ɪps
Noun
chips
- plural of chip
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃips/, [ˈʃips̠]
- Rhymes: -ips
Noun
chips (uncommon)
- (anglicism) potato chips
Declension
Inflection of chips (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | chips | chipsit | |
genitive | chipsin | chipsien | |
partitive | chipsiä | chipsejä | |
illative | chipsiin | chipseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | chips | chipsit | |
accusative | nom. | chips | chipsit |
gen. | chipsin | ||
genitive | chipsin | chipsien | |
partitive | chipsiä | chipsejä | |
inessive | chipsissä | chipseissä | |
elative | chipsistä | chipseistä | |
illative | chipsiin | chipseihin | |
adessive | chipsillä | chipseillä | |
ablative | chipsiltä | chipseiltä | |
allative | chipsille | chipseille | |
essive | chipsinä | chipseinä | |
translative | chipsiksi | chipseiksi | |
abessive | chipsittä | chipseittä | |
instructive | — | chipsein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
- perunalastut
- sipsit
Further reading
- “chips”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃips/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /tʃip/
Audio: (file)
Noun
chips f or m or m pl (plural only)
- (Anglicism) chips (American English), crisps (British English)
- 2006 November 21, “Regard [Glare]”, in デスノート [Death Note], spoken by Light Yagami (Alexis Tomassian), Nice Fellow, via MCM:
- Puis je prends une chips, que je mange!
- Then I'll take a chip, which I'll eat!
Usage notes
- Feminine in France, masculine in Belgium and masculine plural in some older dictionaries.
Further reading
- “chips”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃips]
- Hyphenation: chips
- Rhymes: -ips
Noun
chips (plural chipsek)
- alternative form of csipsz
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | chips | chipsek |
accusative | chipset | chipseket |
dative | chipsnek | chipseknek |
instrumental | chipssel | chipsekkel |
causal-final | chipsért | chipsekért |
translative | chipssé | chipsekké |
terminative | chipsig | chipsekig |
essive-formal | chipsként | chipsekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | chipsben | chipsekben |
superessive | chipsen | chipseken |
adessive | chipsnél | chipseknél |
illative | chipsbe | chipsekbe |
sublative | chipsre | chipsekre |
allative | chipshez | chipsekhez |
elative | chipsből | chipsekből |
delative | chipsről | chipsekről |
ablative | chipstől | chipsektől |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
chipsé | chipseké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
chipséi | chipsekéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | chipsem | chipseim |
2nd person sing. | chipsed | chipseid |
3rd person sing. | chipse | chipsei |
1st person plural | chipsünk | chipseink |
2nd person plural | chipsetek | chipseitek |
3rd person plural | chipsük | chipseik |
Derived terms
- chipses
Compound words
- burgonyachips
- zöldségchips
Further reading
- chips in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from American English chips.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂips/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ips
- Syllabification: chips
Noun
chips m inan
Declension
Declension of chips
Further reading
- chips in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chips in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.pis/, /ˈʃips/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.piʃ/, /ˈʃipʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃips/, /ˈʃi.pis/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃipʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃipʃ/
Noun
chips m pl (plural only)
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃips/
Noun
chips n (plural chipsuri)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | chips | chipsul | chipsuri | chipsurile | |
genitive-dative | chips | chipsului | chipsuri | chipsurilor | |
vocative | chipsule | chipsurilor |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃibs/ [ˈt͡ʃiβ̞s]
- Rhymes: -ibs
- Syllabification: chips
Noun
chips m pl
- plural of chip
Swahili
Noun
chips class IX (plural chips class X)
- clipping of chipsi (“chips”)
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕɪps/
Audio: (file)
Noun
chips n
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | chips | chips |
definite | chipset | chipsets | |
plural | indefinite | chips | chips |
definite | chipsen | chipsens |
Derived terms
- potatischips (“(US) potato chips, (UK) potato crisps”)
See also
- dipp
- knapra
- pommes frites (“(US) french fries, (UK) chips”)