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Pips
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
1
en informal The Greenwich Time Signal.
en music A backing group for Gladys Knight.
Further reading
Greenwich Time Signal
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en proper noun form
en Pip
German
Alternative forms
de Pfips Pfipps Pfipfs obsolete
Etymology
A West Central German form, which displaced the more southeastern variants above. From de gmh pippis, gmh phiphiz, from de goh pipz, gmh phiphiz, goh phiffiz, early borrowing from de la-vul pipita pip(p)ita, alteration of de la pituita. Cognate with nl pip, en pip, fr pépie.
Pronunciation
de /pɪps/
de De-Pips.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(es).sg
de ornithology pip bird disease
de Hühnerschnupfen
Declension
m,(es).sg