gips

See also: Gips

English

Verb

gips

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gip

Anagrams

• psig, PIGs, pIgs, pigs, PIGS, PGIs

Danish

Etymology

From German Gips, from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

Noun

gips c (singular definite gipsen, not used in plural form)

1. plaster, cast, plaster cast
2. gypsum

Derived terms

• gipsbandage

Further reading

• “gips” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos), probably from a Semitic language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪps/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gips
• Rhymes: -ɪps

Noun

gips n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. plaster cast
2. (mineralogy) gypsum

Derived terms

• gipsafdruk
• gipsbeeld
• gipsen
• gipsgroeve
• gipsverband
• gipsvlucht
• gipszwachtel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gips
• → West Frisian: gips
• → Indonesian: gips
• → Japanese: ギプス
• → Korean: 깁스 (gipseu)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch gips.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡips/
• Hyphenation: gips

Noun

gips (plural gips-gips)

1. (medicine) plaster cast

Further reading

• “gips”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gips m (definite singular gipsen)

1. plaster (plaster of Paris)
2. cast, plaster cast
3. gypsum (mineral)
4. alabaster

Derived terms

• gipsbandasje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gips m (definite singular gipsen)

1. gypsum (mineral)
2. plaster (plaster of Paris)

Derived terms

• gipsbandasje

Occitan

Noun

gips

1. plural of gip

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekder.

Ancient Greek γῠ́ψος (gŭ́psos)bor.

Latin gypsumlbor.

Polish gips

Learned borrowing from Latin gypsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡips/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ips
• Syllabification: gips

Noun

gips m inan (related adjective gipsowy)

1. plaster, cast (paste applied to the skin for healing)

   Mam rękę w gipsie. ― I have my hand in plaster.

2. plaster (mixture for coating)
3. gypsum (CaSO₄·2H₂O)

Declension

Declension of gips

	singular	plural
nominative	gips	gipsy
genitive	gipsu	gipsów
dative	gipsowi	gipsom
accusative	gips	gipsy
instrumental	gipsem	gipsami
locative	gipsie	gipsach
vocative	gipsie	gipsy

Derived terms

nouns

• gipsiarz
• gipsówka

verbs

• gipsować impf

Further reading

• “gips”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gips”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• gips in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ghips

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gips or French gypse or Latin gypsum.

Noun

gips n (uncountable)

1. gypsum

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gips	gipsul
genitive-dative	gips	gipsului
vocative	gipsule

Further reading

• “gips”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡîps/

Noun

gȉps m inan (Cyrillic spelling ги̏пс)

1. (uncountable) plaster, cast, plaster cast
2. (uncountable) gypsum

Declension

Declension of gips

	singular
nominative	gips
genitive	gipsa
dative	gipsu
accusative	gips
vocative	gipsu
locative	gipsu
instrumental	gipsom

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin gypsum, from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

Noun

gips c or n

1. (common) gypsum
2. (neuter) plaster cast

Declension

Declension of gips

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gips	gips
	definite	gipsen	gipsens
plural	indefinite	gipser	gipsers
	definite	gipserna	gipsernas

Declension of gips

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gips	gips
	definite	gipset	gipsets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• gipsa

Further reading

• “gips”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gips”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• gips in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)