Pips

Pips

English

Proper noun

the Pips

  1. (informal) The Greenwich Time Signal.
  2. (music) A backing group for Gladys Knight.

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

  • Pfips, Pfipps, Pfipfs (obsolete)

Etymology

A West Central German form, which displaced the more southeastern variants above. From Middle High German pippis, phiphiz, from Old High German pipz, phiphiz, phiffiz, early borrowing from Vulgar Latin pip(p)ita, alteration of Latin pituita. Cognate with Dutch pip, English pip, French pépie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪps/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

Pips m (strong, genitive Pipses or Pips, no plural)

  1. (ornithology) pip (bird disease)
    Synonym: Hühnerschnupfen

Declension

Declension of Pips [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Pips
genitive eines des Pipses, Pips
dative einem dem Pips
accusative einen den Pips
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