Chip

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See also: chip, CHIP, ChIP, CHiP, and chíp

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Chip

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
    • 1993, Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
      "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."
      "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɪp/
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Noun

Chip m (strong, genitive Chips, plural Chips)

  1. (electronics) chip
  2. (also gambling) chip (piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.)
  3. (cooking, chiefly in the plural) crisp/chip

Declension

Declension of Chip
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Chip die Chips
genitive eines des Chips der Chips
dative einem dem Chip den Chips
accusative einen den Chip die Chips

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Chip” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Chip” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Chip” in Duden online
  • Chip on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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