different between giz vs gib

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Contraction

giz

1. (Britain, slang) Pronunciation spelling of give us.

Related terms

• gissa, gizza
• gizzit

Anagrams

• zig

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gypsum (“plaster”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?is/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??i?/
• Rhymes: -is

Noun

giz m (plural gizes)

1. chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)

Turkish

Etymology

Back-formation from gizli (“secret”) (adjective) and gizlemek (“to hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iz/

Noun

giz (definite accusative gizi, plural gizler)

1. secret

Declension

Synonyms

• s?r

Related terms

• gizlemek
• gizli

Zhuang

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ki??/
• Tone numbers: gi²
• Hyphenation: giz

Noun

giz (old orthography gi?)

1. place; location

Derived terms

English

Etymology 1

Unknown (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox, in the Romaunt of the Rose, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b/
• UK sometimes also IPA^(key): /d??b/

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
2. A castrated male cat or ferret.
3. A male cat; a tomcat.
4. A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.

Translations

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. To fasten in place with a gib.

Etymology 2

Shortened from giblet.

Noun

gib (plural gibs)

1. (video games) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (transitive, video games) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

Etymology 3

From the trademark GIB, registered by Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, the major brand of plasterboard in New Zealand.

Pronunciation

• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /d??b/

Noun

gib (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand) plasterboard.

Verb

gib (third-person singular simple present gibs, present participle gibbing, simple past and past participle gibbed)

1. (New Zealand) To install plasterboard.

Anagrams

• BIG, GBI, big

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (jayb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ib/

Noun

gib m (plural giibitté f or gibwá f)

1. pocket

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?p/ (chiefly in formal speech)
• IPA^(key): /??p/ (overall more common)
• Rhymes: -i?p, -?p

Verb

gib

1. singular imperative of geben
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of geben

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• gibaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of giba?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ip/

Verb

gib

1. second-person singular imperative of giba?

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gyb?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?î?b/

Noun

g?b m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. movement (of body or a body part)
2. fold
3. joint

Declension

References

• “gib” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal