CP

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See also: cp, Cp, cp., čp., č. p., and C/P

Translingual

Symbol

CP

  1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Clipperton Island.
    Synonym: CPT (alpha-3)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the International Telecommunication Union for the purpose of recording the location of certain telecommunications installations, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Adjective

CP (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of copy-protected.

Noun

CP (countable and uncountable, plural CPs)

  1. Initialism of cyberpunk.
  2. Initialism of corporal punishment.
  3. Initialism of custodial parent.
  4. (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
  5. (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
  6. Initialism of cerebral palsy.
  7. (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
  8. (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
  9. (military) Initialism of command post.
  10. (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
  11. (dated) Initialism of colored people.
  12. Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
  13. (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
  14. (slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
  15. (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
  16. (computing) Initialism of codepage.
  17. (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
  18. (UK politics, since 2019) Initialism of command paper.

Proper noun

CP

  1. Initialism of Canadian Press.
  2. Initialism of Canadian Pacific.
  3. Initialism of Communist Party.

Coordinate terms

(Canadian Press):

  • AFP (Agence France Presse)
  • AGI (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia)
  • AP (Associated Press)
  • PC (Presse Canadienne)
  • Reuters
  • UPI (United Press International)

Translations

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Anagrams

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese CP (kapu), from English coupling.

Pronunciation

Noun

CP

  1. (neologism, slang) romantic couple (Classifier: 對／对)
  2. (ACG) cosplay partner; character pairing
    自古紅藍出CP／自古红蓝出CP  ―  zìgǔ hóng lán chū CP  ―  Character pairs in anime are usually in red and blue.
  3. (Taiwan) cost/performance ratio; price/quality ratio
    CP值高  ―  CP zhí gāo  ―  cost/performance value is high; good bang for the buck

Compounds

Finnish

Etymology

From English CP.

Pronunciation

Noun

CP

  1. Cerebral palsy.

Synonyms

Derived terms

compounds

Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

CP(カプ) • (kapu) 

  1. Short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) shipping”).

Verb

CP(カプ)する • (kapu suru) suru (stem CP(カプ)し (kapu shi), past CP(カプ)した (kapu shita))

  1. Short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) to ship”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "CPする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") CPし カプし kapu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") CPし カプし kapu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") CPする カプする kapu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") CPする カプする kapu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") CPすれ カプすれ kapu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") CPせよ¹
CPしろ² 		カプせよ¹
カプしろ² 		kapu seyo¹
kapu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive CPされる カプされる kapu sareru
Causative CPさせる
CPさす 		カプさせる
カプさす 		kapu saseru
kapu sasu
Potential CPできる カプできる kapu dekiru
Volitional CPしよう カプしよう kapu shiyō
Negative CPしない カプしない kapu shinai
Negative continuative CPせず カプせず kapu sezu
Formal CPします カプします kapu shimasu
Perfective CPした カプした kapu shita
Conjunctive CPして カプして kapu shite
Hypothetical conditional CPすれば カプすれば kapu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative


Latin

Adverb

CP

  1. initialism of cum privilegio, with privilege.

Portuguese

Proper noun

CP f

  1. initialism of Comboios de Portugal

Swedish

Noun

CP

  1. Alternative form of cp (“cerebral palsy”)

Usage notes

Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) recommends cp over CP

References

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