Chip

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

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Proper noun

Chip

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.
    • 1993 Jonathan Kellerman, Devil's Waltz, Random House 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."

German

Etymology

From English chip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɪp/
  • (file)

Noun

Chip m (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 (UK); chip (US)

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