chips

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪps/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪps

Verb

chips

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chip

Noun

chips

1. plural of chip

   Wow, look at the chips on that motherboard!

   What kind of chips should we get: barbecue or sour cream and onion?

   The diner made its own chips from scratch.

Noun

chips (plural chips)

1. (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

• brother chip

Danish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

chips (plural definite chipsene)

1. potato chips, crisps

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪps/, (rare, especially for the interjection) /tʃɪps/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: chips
• Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

chips

1. potato chips, crisps

Interjection

chips

1. shoot, shit! (minced oath)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /tʃɪps/
• Hyphenation: chips
• Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

chips

1. plural of chip

Finnish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃips/,

Noun

chips (uncommon)

1. (anglicism) potato chips

Declension

Synonyms

• perunalastut
• sipsit

Further reading

• “chips”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃips/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /tʃip/

• Audio

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Noun

chips f or m or m pl (plural only)

1. (Anglicism) chips (American English), crisps (British English)
   • 2006 November 21, “Regard [Glare]”, in デスノート, 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 , 2012.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

chipsy

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

• czips

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂips/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ips
• Syllabification: chips

Noun

chips m inan

1. chip (American English), crisp (British English)

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

chips m pl (plural only)

1. chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)
2. plural of chip

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃips/

Noun

chips n (plural chipsuri)

1. chip (American English), crisp (British English)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃibs/
• Rhymes: -ibs
• Syllabification: chips

Noun

chips m pl

1. plural of chip

Swahili

Noun

chips (n class, plural chips)

1. Clipping of chipsi (“chips”).

Swedish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɪps/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

chips n

1. chips (American English), crisps (British English)

Declension

References

• chips in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• chips in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)