VIP

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See also: vip and V.I.P.

English

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Noun

VIP (countable and uncountable, plural VIPs)

  1. 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.
  2. (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
  3. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.
  4. (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
  • VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
  • VALI (“ventilator-associated lung injury”)
  • VILI (“ventilator-induced lung injury”)

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Finnish

Etymology

< English VIP

Noun

VIP

  1. (only as modifier) VIP (very important person)
    VIP-huone ― VIP room
    VIP-henkilö ― VIP (person)

Declension

  • not applicable

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English VIP.

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Pronunciation

Noun

VIP(ビップ) • (bippu) 

  1. VIP (very important person)
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Etymology 2

From English VIP.

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Pronunciation

Noun

VIP(ブイアイピー) • (bui-ai-pī) 

  1. VIP (very important person)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Polish

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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English VIP.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vip/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: VIP

Noun

VIP m pers

  1. VIP (very important person)

Declension

Declension of VIP
singular plural
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

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adjectives

Further reading

  • VIP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • VIP in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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