English

Proper noun

Chips

1. Traditional nickname for someone whose surname is Carpenter

German

Noun

Chips m pl

1. chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)

Derived terms

• Kartoffelchips

English

Noun

chips

1. plural of chip

   Wow, look at the chips on that motherboard!

   What kind of chips should we get: barbecue or sour cream and onion?

   The diner made its own chips from scratch.

Verb

chips

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of chip

Noun

chips ‎(plural chips)

1. (slang) A carpenter.
   • 1929, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 144, page 462)

     I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

chips

1. potato chips, crisps
2. ****! (minced oath)

Finnish

Etymology

English chips

Noun

chips

1. potato chips

Declension

Synonyms

• perunalastut
• sipsit

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English chips

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃips/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /tʃɪp/

Noun

chips f, m, m pl ‎(plural only)

1. (Anglicism) chips (American English), crisps (British English)
   • 2006 November 21, Alexis Tomassian as Light Yagami, “Regard [Glare]”, in デスノート [Death Note] (in French), MCM, Nice Fellow:

     Puis je prends une chips, que je mange!

     Then I'll take a chip, which I'll eat!

Usage notes

• Feminine in France, masculine in Belgium and masculine plural in some older dictionaries.

Polish

Alternative forms

• czips

Etymology

English chips

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʂips]

Noun

chips m anim

1. (British) potato crisp, (US) potato chip

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

chips m pl (plurale tantum)

1. chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)
2. plural of chip

Spanish

Noun

chips m pl

1. plural of chip

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɪps/

Etymology

From English chips.

Noun

chips n

1. (Anglicism): chips (American English), crisps (British English)

Declension