# chips
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃɪps/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪps

### Verb

chips
* third-person singular simple present indicative of chip

### Noun

chips
* plural of chip

### Noun

chips (plural chips)
* (slang) A carpenter.
** 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:But the Saturday-night bottles were not all. The carpenter and cooper, in sea parlance, Chips and Bungs, who were the "Cods," or leaders of the forecastle, in some way or other, managed to obtain an extra supply […]
** 1929, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 144, page 462:I began a new branch of experience by going to sea as a 'chips.'

#### Related terms

* brother chip

### Anagrams

* SCHIP

## Danish
### Etymology

From English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɕib̥s]

### Noun

chips (plural definite chipsene)
* potato chips, crisps

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

### Pronunciation 1

* IPA: /ʃɪps/, (rare, especially for the interjection) /tʃɪps/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: chips
* Rhymes: -ɪps

#### Noun

chips
* potato chips, crisps

#### Interjection

chips
* shoot; minced oath for Dutch shit

### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /tʃɪps/
* Hyphenation: chips
* Rhymes: -ɪps

#### Noun

chips
* plural of chip

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃips/, [ˈʃips̠]
* Rhymes: -ips

### Noun

chips (uncommon)
* (anglicism) potato chips

#### Declension

Possessive forms of chips (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
chipsini
chipsini
accusative
nom.
chipsini
chipsini
gen.
chipsini
genitive
chipsini
chipsieni
partitive
chipsiäni
chipsejäni
inessive
chipsissäni
chipseissäni
elative
chipsistäni
chipseistäni
illative
chipsiini
chipseihini
adessive
chipsilläni
chipseilläni
ablative
chipsiltäni
chipseiltäni
allative
chipsilleni
chipseilleni
essive
chipsinäni
chipseinäni
translative
chipsikseni
chipseikseni
abessive
chipsittäni
chipseittäni
instructive
comitative
—chipseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
chipsisi
chipsisi
accusative
nom.
chipsisi
chipsisi
gen.
chipsisi
genitive
chipsisi
chipsiesi
partitive
chipsiäsi
chipsejäsi
inessive
chipsissäsi
chipseissäsi
elative
chipsistäsi
chipseistäsi
illative
chipsiisi
chipseihisi
adessive
chipsilläsi
chipseilläsi
ablative
chipsiltäsi
chipseiltäsi
allative
chipsillesi
chipseillesi
essive
chipsinäsi
chipseinäsi
translative
chipsiksesi
chipseiksesi
abessive
chipsittäsi
chipseittäsi
instructive
comitative
—chipseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
chipsimme
chipsimme
accusative
nom.
chipsimme
chipsimme
gen.
chipsimme
genitive
chipsimme
chipsiemme
partitive
chipsiämme
chipsejämme
inessive
chipsissämme
chipseissämme
elative
chipsistämme
chipseistämme
illative
chipsiimme
chipseihimme
adessive
chipsillämme
chipseillämme
ablative
chipsiltämme
chipseiltämme
allative
chipsillemme
chipseillemme
essive
chipsinämme
chipseinämme
translative
chipsiksemme
chipseiksemme
abessive
chipsittämme
chipseittämme
instructive
comitative
—chipseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
chipsinne
chipsinne
accusative
nom.
chipsinne
chipsinne
gen.
chipsinne
genitive
chipsinne
chipsienne
partitive
chipsiänne
chipsejänne
inessive
chipsissänne
chipseissänne
elative
chipsistänne
chipseistänne
illative
chipsiinne
chipseihinne
adessive
chipsillänne
chipseillänne
ablative
chipsiltänne
chipseiltänne
allative
chipsillenne
chipseillenne
essive
chipsinänne
chipseinänne
translative
chipsiksenne
chipseiksenne
abessive
chipsittänne
chipseittänne
instructive
comitative
—chipseinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
chipsinsä
chipsinsä
accusative
nom.
chipsinsä
chipsinsä
gen.
chipsinsä
genitive
chipsinsä
chipsiensä
partitive
chipsiään chipsiänsä
chipsejään chipsejänsä
inessive
chipsissään chipsissänsä
chipseissään chipseissänsä
elative
chipsistään chipsistänsä
chipseistään chipseistänsä
illative
chipsiinsä
chipseihinsä
adessive
chipsillään chipsillänsä
chipseillään chipseillänsä
ablative
chipsiltään chipsiltänsä
chipseiltään chipseiltänsä
allative
chipsilleen chipsillensä
chipseilleen chipseillensä
essive
chipsinään chipsinänsä
chipseinään chipseinänsä
translative
chipsikseen chipsiksensä
chipseikseen chipseiksensä
abessive
chipsittään chipsittänsä
chipseittään chipseittänsä
instructive
comitative
—chipseineen chipseinensä :

#### Synonyms

* perunalastut
* sipsit

### Further reading

* “chips”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃips/
* (Canada) IPA: /tʃip/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chips f or m or m pl (plural only)
* (Anglicism) chips (American English), crisps (British English)
** 2006 November 21, “Regard [Glare]”, in デスノート [Death Note], spoken by Light Yagami (Alexis Tomassian), Nice Fellow, via MCM: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.

### Further reading

* “chips”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡ʃips]
* Hyphenation: chips
* Rhymes: -ips

### Noun

chips (plural chipsek)
* Alternative form of csipsz.

#### Derived terms

* chipses
* burgonyachips
* zöldségchips

### Further reading

* chips in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* czips

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʂips/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ips
* Syllabification: chips

### Noun

chips m inan
* chip (American English), crisp (British English)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* chips in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* chips in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.pis/, /ˈʃips/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃi.pis/, /ˈʃips/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʃi.piʃ/, /ˈʃipʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃips/, /ˈʃi.pis/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃipʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃipʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃipʃ/

### Noun

chips m pl (plural only)
* chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)
* plural of chip

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃips/

### Noun

chips n (plural chipsuri)
* chip (American English), crisp (British English)

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃibs/ [ˈt͡ʃiβ̞s]
* Rhymes: -ibs
* Syllabification: chips

### Noun

chips m pl
* plural of chip

## Swahili
### Noun

chips (n class, plural chips)
* Clipping of chipsi (“chips”).

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English chips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕɪps/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chips n
* (US) a chip, (UK) a crisp
** (in the (identical) plural) (US) chips, (UK) crisps

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | chips | chips |
| singular | definite | chipset | chipsets |
| plural | indefinite | chips | chips |
| plural | definite | chipsen | chipsens |

#### Derived terms

* potatischips (“(US) potato chips, (UK) potato crisps”)

#### See also

* dipp
* knapra
* pommes frites (“(US) french fries, (UK) chips”)

### References

* chips in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* chips in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)