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English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
Verb
stip (third-person singular simple present stips, present participle stipping, simple past and past participle stipped)
- (informal) To stipulate.
The attorneys agreed to stip to a stay of proceedings.
Noun
stip (plural stips)
- (informal) A stipulation.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stype, from Proto-Germanic *stīfa, from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“stiff, erect”), see also Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor, English stiff.[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, the source of stijf (“stiff, rigid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stip f or m (plural stippen, diminutive stipje n)
- dot
Het symbool voor de Zon is een cirkel met een stip in het midden: - The symbol for the Sun is a circle with a dot in the middle:
- ICH: a disease that affects (aquarium) fish Ichthyophthirius multifiliis
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References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589
West Frisian
Etymology
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Noun
stip c (plural stippen, diminutive stipke)
- dot
Derived terms
Further reading
- “stip (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011