chips

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See also: Chips, CHiPs, and CHIPS

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪps/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪps

Verb

chips

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chip

Noun

chips

  1. plural of chip

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.'

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

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; minced oath for Dutch shit

Pronunciation 2

Noun

chips

  1. plural of chip

Finnish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation

Noun

chips (uncommon)

  1. (anglicism) potato chips

Declension

Inflection of chips (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of chips (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative chipsini chipsini
accusative nom. chipsini chipsini
gen. chipsini
genitive chipsini chipsieni
partitive chipsiäni chipsejäni
inessive chipsissäni chipseissäni
elative chipsistäni chipseistäni
illative chipsiini chipseihini
adessive chipsilläni chipseilläni
ablative chipsiltäni chipseiltäni
allative chipsilleni chipseilleni
essive chipsinäni chipseinäni
translative chipsikseni chipseikseni
abessive chipsittäni chipseittäni
instructive
comitative chipseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative chipsisi chipsisi
accusative nom. chipsisi chipsisi
gen. chipsisi
genitive chipsisi chipsiesi
partitive chipsiäsi chipsejäsi
inessive chipsissäsi chipseissäsi
elative chipsistäsi chipseistäsi
illative chipsiisi chipseihisi
adessive chipsilläsi chipseilläsi
ablative chipsiltäsi chipseiltäsi
allative chipsillesi chipseillesi
essive chipsinäsi chipseinäsi
translative chipsiksesi chipseiksesi
abessive chipsittäsi chipseittäsi
instructive
comitative chipseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative chipsimme chipsimme
accusative nom. chipsimme chipsimme
gen. chipsimme
genitive chipsimme chipsiemme
partitive chipsiämme chipsejämme
inessive chipsissämme chipseissämme
elative chipsistämme chipseistämme
illative chipsiimme chipseihimme
adessive chipsillämme chipseillämme
ablative chipsiltämme chipseiltämme
allative chipsillemme chipseillemme
essive chipsinämme chipseinämme
translative chipsiksemme chipseiksemme
abessive chipsittämme chipseittämme
instructive
comitative chipseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative chipsinne chipsinne
accusative nom. chipsinne chipsinne
gen. chipsinne
genitive chipsinne chipsienne
partitive chipsiänne chipsejänne
inessive chipsissänne chipseissänne
elative chipsistänne chipseistänne
illative chipsiinne chipseihinne
adessive chipsillänne chipseillänne
ablative chipsiltänne chipseiltänne
allative chipsillenne chipseillenne
essive chipsinänne chipseinänne
translative chipsiksenne chipseiksenne
abessive chipsittänne chipseittänne
instructive
comitative chipseinenne

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation

Noun

chips f or m or m pl (plural only)

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

Usage notes

  • Feminine in France, masculine in Belgium and masculine plural in some older dictionaries.

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

chips (plural chipsek)

  1. Alternative form of csipsz.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
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
Possessive forms of chips
possessor single possession multiple possessions
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

(Compound words):

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English chips.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂips/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Noun

chips n (plural chipsuri)

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

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative chips chipsul chipsuri chipsurile
genitive-dative chips chipsului chipsuri chipsurilor
vocative chipsule chipsurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chips m pl

  1. plural of chip

Swahili

Noun

chips class IX (plural chips class X)

  1. Clipping of chipsi (chips).

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
räfflade (potatis)chips

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation

Noun

chips n

  1. (US) a chip, (UK) a crisp
    1. (in the (identical) plural) (US) chips, (UK) crisps

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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