tips

• IPA^(key): /tɪps/

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• Rhymes: -ɪps

tips

1. plural of tip
2. (Australia, playground games, uncountable) tag (a popular children's chasing game)

tips

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tip

• ISTP, PITs, PTIs, SPIT, pist, pits, sipt, spit, stip

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tips

1. plural of tip

Via some other European language, ultimately borrowed from Latin typus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”).

tips m (1st declension)

1. type (a model having some defining characteristics; an object with certain characteristic features, properties)

   automobiļa, lidmašīnu tips ― automobile, aircraft type

   pilsētas tipa apmetne ― urban type settlement

   tipa projekts ― type project (engineering project intended for multiple use)

2. type (a category, group, model etc. created by generalizing or idealizing certain features or characteristics)

   augsnes tips ― soil type

   antropoloģiskais tips ― anthropological type

   laikapstākļu tips ― weather (lit. weather conditions) type

   meža augšanas apstākļu tips ― forest site (lit. forest growth conditions) type

   augstākās nervu darbības tips ― higher nervous activity type

3. (zoology) type (highest category in animal systematics)

   tips ir augstākā kategorija dzīvnieku klasifikācija ― the type is the highest category of animal classification

4. type (a group of people with certain characteristics; an individual belonging to this group)

   aktieris nepavisam nebija varoņa mīlētāja tips ― the actor was far from the heroic lover type

   starp šālaika Baltijas muižniekiem ir sastopami vairāki tipi; viens no visinteresantākajiem starp tiem ir tā sauktais īstais jeb veclaiku barons ― among the Baltic nobility of the time there are many types; one of the most interesting among them is the so-called real or old-time baron

5. type (artistic image which depicts the most characteristic features of a certain human group)

   tipus idividualizējot, karikatūrisks visai lakoniski atklāj pašu nozīmīgāko un nepieciešamāko to sociālās piederības raksturojumā ― (by) individualizing types, the cartoonist very concisely reveals the most important and indispensable in the characterization of social classes

6. (suggesting disdain, scorn) type, guy, bloke (a man whose appearance or behavior arouses suspicion, a negative attitude)

   šaubīgs, bīstams tips ― a fishy, dangerous type, guy

   no otras puses tuvojas melnmatains tips ar ūsiņam, tērpies džinsa biksēs un melnā džemperī ― from the other side came a black-haired type, guy with a mustache, wearing jeans and a black sweater

• tipisks, tipiskums

• suga f
• šķirne f
• veids m

From English tip.

• tipp

tips n (definite singular tipset, indefinite plural tips, definite plural tipsa or tipsene)

1. a tip (useful piece of advice)

tips m (definite singular tipsen, uncountable)

1. a tip (gratuity given for services rendered)

• tipse (verb)

tips

1. imperative of tipse

• “tips” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English tips.

tips n (definite singular tipset, indefinite plural tips, definite plural tipsa)

1. a tip (useful piece of advice)

tips m (definite singular tipsen, uncountable)

1. a tip (gratuity given for services rendered)

• “tips” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• spits

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tipsy

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from English tips.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtips/

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• Rhymes: -ips
• Syllabification: tips

tips m inan

1. (chiefly in the plural) artificial nail, fake nail, acrylic nail, press-on, nail extension, nail enhancement (extension placed over a fingernail as a fashion accessory)

   Synonym: paznokieć

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

tips

1. plural of tip

Borrowed from English tip.

tips n

1. a tip, as a small amount of information
2. (sports) football pools, betting

• tipsa

• tips in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker