CP

See also: cp, Cp, cp., čp., č. p., and C/P

Translingual

Symbol

CP

(international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Clipperton Island.
Synonym: CPT (alpha-3)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the International Telecommunication Union for the purpose of recording the location of certain telecommunications installations, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Adjective

CP (not comparable)

Initialism of copy-protected.

Noun

CP (countable and uncountable, plural CPs)

Initialism of cyberpunk.
Initialism of corporal punishment.
Initialism of custodial parent.
(British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school)
(Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
Initialism of cerebral palsy.
(education) Initialism of college prep.; college preparatory
(linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
(military) Initialism of command post.
(physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
(dated) Initialism of colored people.
Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps)
(law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
(slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
(virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
(computing) Initialism of codepage.
(Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
(UK politics, since 2019) Initialism of command paper.

Proper noun

CP

Initialism of Canadian Press.
Initialism of Canadian Pacific.
Initialism of Communist Party.

Coordinate terms

(Canadian Press):

AFP (Agence France Presse)
AGI (Agenzia Giornalistica Italia)
AP (Associated Press)
PC (Presse Canadienne)
Reuters
UPI (United Press International)

Translations

Canadian Press

French: PC (fr) (Presse Canadienne)

Anagrams

PC, p.c., pc, pc.

Chinese

Alternative forms

cp

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese CP (kapu), from English coupling.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīpī

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄆㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ pi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīpī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄆㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sipi
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pʻi¹
  - Yale: syī-pī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shipi
  - Palladius: сипи (sipi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ pi¹
  - Yale: sī pī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ pi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ pi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/

Noun

CP

(neologism, slang) romantic couple (Classifier: 對／对)
(ACG) cosplay partner; character pairing
(Taiwan) cost/performance ratio; price/quality ratio
CP值高 ― CP zhí gāo ― cost/performance value is high; good bang for the buck

Finnish

Etymology

From English CP.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseːpeː/, [ˈs̠e̞ːpe̞ː]

Noun

CP

Cerebral palsy.

Synonyms

CP-vamma

Derived terms

compounds

CP-lapsi

Japanese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠pɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

CP(カプ) • (kapu)

Short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) shipping”).

Verb

CP(カプ)する • (kapu suru) suru (stem CP(カプ)し (kapu shi), past CP(カプ)した (kapu shita))

Short for カップリング (kappuringu, “(fandom slang) to ship”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of "CPする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	CPし	カプし	kapu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	CPし	カプし	kapu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	CPする	カプする	kapu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	CPする	カプする	kapu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	CPすれ	カプすれ	kapu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	CPせよ¹ CPしろ²	カプせよ¹ カプしろ²	kapu seyo¹ kapu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	CPされる	カプされる	kapu sareru
Causative	CPさせる CPさす	カプさせるカプさす	kapu saseru kapu sasu
Potential	CPできる	カプできる	kapu dekiru
Volitional	CPしよう	カプしよう	kapu shiyō
Negative	CPしない	カプしない	kapu shinai
Negative continuative	CPせず	カプせず	kapu sezu
Formal	CPします	カプします	kapu shimasu
Perfective	CPした	カプした	kapu shita
Conjunctive	CPして	カプして	kapu shite
Hypothetical conditional	CPすれば	カプすれば	kapu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Latin

Adverb

CP

Initialism of cum privilegio, with privilege.

Portuguese

Noun

CP f

Initialism of Comboios de Portugal.

Swedish

Noun

CP

Alternative form of cp (“cerebral palsy”)

Usage notes

Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) recommends cp over CP

References