Chip

See also: chip, CHIP, ChIP, CHiP, and chíp

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Proper noun

Chip

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
    • 1993, Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26:
      "What else? Anyway, here's the genealogy: Charles Junior's only son is Charles the Third - like royalty. He goes by Chip - Cassie's daddy. The mom is Cindy. The dead son was Chad - Charles the Fourth."
      "All Cs," I said. "Sounds like they like order."
  2. A nickname used for males who are second-generation namesakes.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English chip.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tʃɪp/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Chip m (strong, genitive Chips, plural Chips)

    1. (electronics) chip
    2. (also gambling) chip (piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.)
    3. (cooking, chiefly in the plural) crisp/chip
    4. (golf) chip shot

    Declension

    Declension of Chip [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Chip die Chips
    genitive eines des Chips der Chips
    dative einem dem Chip den Chips
    accusative einen den Chip die Chips

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “Chip”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Chip” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Chip” in Duden online
    • Chip on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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