gips

gips

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gip

• psig, PIGs, pIgs, pigs, PIGS, PGIs

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

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

1. plaster, cast, plaster cast
2. gypsum

• gipsbandage

• “gips” in Den Danske Ordbog

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪps/

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• Hyphenation: gips
• Rhymes: -ɪps

gips n (uncountable)

1. plaster cast
2. (mineralogy) gypsum

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

gips m (definite singular gipsen)

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

• gipsbandasje

gips m (definite singular gipsen)

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

• gipsbandasje

gips

1. plural of gip

Learned borrowing from Latin gypsum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡips/

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• Rhymes: -ips
• Syllabification: gips

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)

• gips in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gips in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gips in PWN's encyclopedia

• ghips

Borrowed from German Gips or French gypse or Latin gypsum.

gips n (uncountable)

1. gypsum

• “gips”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

• IPA^(key): /ɡîps/

gȉps m inan (Cyrillic spelling ги̏пс)

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

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

gips c or n

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

• gipsa

• gips in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gips in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gips in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)