chips

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
    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.'

Danish

Etymology

From English chips.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtɕib̥s]

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/, [ˈʃips̠]

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
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative chipsinsä chipsinsä
accusative nom. chipsinsä chipsinsä
gen. chipsinsä
genitive chipsinsä chipsiensä
partitive chipsiään
chipsiänsä		 chipsejään
chipsejänsä
inessive chipsissään
chipsissänsä		 chipseissään
chipseissänsä
elative chipsistään
chipsistänsä		 chipseistään
chipseistänsä
illative chipsiinsä chipseihinsä
adessive chipsillään
chipsillänsä		 chipseillään
chipseillänsä
ablative chipsiltään
chipsiltänsä		 chipseiltään
chipseiltänsä
allative chipsilleen
chipsillensä		 chipseilleen
chipseillensä
essive chipsinään
chipsinänsä		 chipseinään
chipseinänsä
translative chipsikseen
chipsiksensä		 chipseikseen
chipseiksensä
abessive chipsittään
chipsittänsä		 chipseittään
chipseittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — chipseineen
chipseinensä

Synonyms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃips/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /tʃip/
  • Audio(file)

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

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chips.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʂips/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ips
  • Syllabification: chips

Noun

chips m inan

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

Declension
Declension of chips
singular plural
nominative chips chipsy
genitive chipsa chipsów
dative chipsowi chipsom
accusative chipsa chipsy
instrumental chipsem chipsami
locative chipsie chipsach
vocative chipsie chipsy

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.pis/, /ˈʃips/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʃi.piʃ/, /ˈʃipʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃips/, /ˈʃi.pis/
 

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
Declension of chips
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) chips chipsul (niște) chipsuri chipsurile
genitive/dative (unui) chips chipsului (unor) chipsuri chipsurilor
vocative chipsule chipsurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃibs/ [ˈt͡ʃiβ̞s]
  • 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
Declension of chips 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative chips chipset chips chipsen
Genitive chips chipsets chips chipsens

References
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