# tips
## English
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

tips
* plural of tip
* (Australia, playground games, uncountable) tag (a popular children's chasing game)

### Verb

tips
* third-person singular simple present indicative of tip

### Anagrams

* ISTP, PITs, PTIs, SPIT, pist, pits, sipt, spit, stip

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tips
* plural of tip

## Latvian
### Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately borrowed from Latin typus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”).

### Noun

tips m (1st declension)
* type (a model having some defining characteristics; an object with certain characteristic features, properties)
    automobiļa, lidmašīnu tips ― automobile, aircraft type
    pilsētas tipa apmetne ― urban type settlement
    tipa projekts ― type project (engineering project intended for multiple use)
* type (a category, group, model etc. created by generalizing or idealizing certain features or characteristics)
    augsnes tips ― soil type
    antropoloģiskais tips ― anthropological type
    laikapstākļu tips ― weather (lit. weather conditions) type
    meža augšanas apstākļu tips ― forest site (lit. forest growth conditions) type
    augstākās nervu darbības tips ― higher nervous activity type
* (zoology) type (highest category in animal systematics)
    tips ir augstākā kategorija dzīvnieku klasifikācija ― the type is the highest category of animal classification
* type (a group of people with certain characteristics; an individual belonging to this group)
    aktieris nepavisam nebija varoņa mīlētāja tips ― the actor was far from the heroic lover type
    starp šālaika Baltijas muižniekiem ir sastopami vairāki tipi; viens no visinteresantākajiem starp tiem ir tā sauktais īstais jeb veclaiku barons ― among the Baltic nobility of the time there are many types; one of the most interesting among them is the so-called real or old-time baron
* type (artistic image which depicts the most characteristic features of a certain human group)
    tipus idividualizējot, karikatūrisks visai lakoniski atklāj pašu nozīmīgāko un nepieciešamāko to sociālās piederības raksturojumā ― (by) individualizing types, the cartoonist very concisely reveals the most important and indispensable in the characterization of social classes
* (suggesting disdain, scorn) type, guy, bloke (a man whose appearance or behavior arouses suspicion, a negative attitude)
    šaubīgs, bīstams tips ― a fishy, dangerous type, guy
    no otras puses tuvojas melnmatains tips ar ūsiņam, tērpies džinsa biksēs un melnā džemperī ― from the other side came a black-haired type, guy with a mustache, wearing jeans and a black sweater

#### Derived terms

* tipisks, tipiskums

#### See also

* suga f
* šķirne f
* veids m

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From English tip.

#### Alternative forms

* tipp

#### Noun

tips n (definite singular tipset, indefinite plural tips, definite plural tipsa or tipsene)
* a tip (useful piece of advice)

#### Noun

tips m (definite singular tipsen, uncountable)
* a tip (gratuity given for services rendered)

#### Related terms

* tipse (verb)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tips
* imperative of tipse

### References

* “tips” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English tips.

### Noun

tips n (definite singular tipset, indefinite plural tips, definite plural tipsa)
* a tip (useful piece of advice)

### Noun

tips m (definite singular tipsen, uncountable)
* a tip (gratuity given for services rendered)

### References

* “tips” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* spits

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tips.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtips/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ips
* Syllabification: tips

### Noun

tips m inan
* (chiefly in the plural) artificial nail, fake nail, acrylic nail, press-on, nail extension, nail enhancement (extension placed over a fingernail as a fashion accessory)
    Synonym: paznokieć

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Noun

tips
* plural of tip

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tip.

### Noun

tips n
* a tip, as a small amount of information
* (sports) football pools, betting

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | tips | tips |
| singular | definite | tipset | tipsets |
| plural | indefinite | tips | tips |
| plural | definite | tipsen | tipsens |

#### Derived terms

* tipsa

#### Related terms

* måltips
* stalltips
* stryktips
* tipsbolag
* tipslapp
* tipspromenad
* tipsvinst

### Further reading

* tips in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker