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."

Anagrams

• Pich

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English chip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɪp/

• Audio:

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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

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

• Computerchip
• Einkaufswagenchip, Einkaufschip
• Kartoffelchip

Further reading

• “Chip” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Chip” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Chip” in Duden online
• Chip on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de