VIP

See also: vip and V.I.P.

English

Alternative forms

• V.I.P.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvi.aɪˈpi/, /vɪp/

Noun

VIP (countable and uncountable, plural VIPs)

1. Initialism of very important person.

   Coordinate terms: VVIP, VOP

   VIP lounge

   Nobody is allowed to contact me after 4pm. VIPs can call me on my home phone.

   • 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:

     On opening day at London's Frieze Art Fair, VIPs are allowed in at 2 pm and VOPs at 5 pm, but the VVIPs specially invited by sponsor Deutsche Bank gain entry at 11 am to check out the best work.

2. (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
3. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.
4. (music) Initialism of variation in production: the remixing of one's own track.
5. (electronics) Initialism of via in pad

Hypernyms

• (ventilator-induced pneumonia):
• VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
• HAP (“hospital-acquired pneumonia”)
• HCAP (“healthcare-associated pneumonia”)
• pneumonia

Derived terms

• VIPergic
• VIPoma

Related terms

ventilator-induced pneumonia

• VALI (“ventilator-associated lung injury”)
• VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
• VILI (“ventilator-induced lung injury”)

Translations

abbreviation: very important person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重要人物 (zhòngyào rénwù), 要員 / 要员 (zh) (yàoyuán), 貴賓 / 贵宾 (zh) (guìbīn)

• Dutch: vip (nl) m
• Egyptian: (wr m)
• Finnish: VIP (fi)
• French: VIP (fr)
• Georgian: ვი აი პი (vi ai ṗi)
• German: VIP (de) f
• Hebrew: אַחַ״ם (aẖám)
• Italian: VIP (it)
• Japanese: 要人 (ja) (ようじん, yōjin), V.I.P. (V.I.P.)
• Korean: 요인 (ko) (yoin), V.I.P. (V.I.P.)
• Māori: tokānuku, mātārae, paewai
• Persian: شخص خیلی مهم
• Polish: VIP (pl) m
• Russian: ВИП (ru) m or f (VIP), VIP (ru) m or f
• Spanish: vip m or f
• Swedish: VIP (sv) c

Further reading

• Very important person on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• PIV, IVP, IPV

Finnish

Etymology

From English VIP.

Noun

VIP

1. (only as modifier) VIP (very important person)

   VIP-huone ― VIP room

   VIP-henkilö ― VIP (person)

Declension

• not applicable

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English VIP (“very important person”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vi.aj.pi/, /ve.i.pe/, /vip/

Noun

VIP m or f by sense (invariable)

1. VIP

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English VIP.

Alternative forms

• VIP(ブイアイピー) (bui-ai-pī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲip̚pɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) ビップ [bíꜜppù] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

VIP(ビップ) • (bippu) 

1. VIP (very important person)

Related terms

• VIPPER(ビッパー) (Bippā)

Etymology 2

From English VIP.

Alternative forms

• VIP(ビップ) (bippu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ia̠ipʲiː]
• (Tokyo) ブイアイピー [bùíáípíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])

Noun

VIP(ブイアイピー) • (bui-ai-pī) 

1. VIP (very important person)

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English VIP.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvip/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: VIP

Noun

VIP m pers

1. VIP (very important person)

Declension

Declension of VIP

	singular	plural
nominative	VIP	VIP-owie, VIP-y1
genitive	VIP-a	VIP-ów
dative	VIP-owi	VIP-om
accusative	VIP-a	VIP-ów
instrumental	VIP-em	VIP-ami
locative	VIP-ie	VIP-ach
vocative	VIP-ie	VIP-owie

¹Deprecative.

Derived terms

adjectives

• VIP-owski
• vipowski

Further reading

• “VIP”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “VIP”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)