different between jeep vs jeem

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?p, IPA^(key): /d?i?p/
• Rhymes: -i?p

Etymology 1

Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).

Adjective

jeep (not comparable)

1. (military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

Derived terms

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
2. A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
3. (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

jeep (third-person singular simple present jeeps, present participle jeeping, simple past and past participle jeeped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel by jeep.
   • 1997, John H. Esterline, Mae H. Esterline, Innocents Abroad: How We Won the Cold War (page 272)

     From there we jeeped over extraordinarily difficult roads to Marwari City, the site of Southern Philippine University, where I had been invited to address a convocation on the subject of "College Life in the United States."

Etymology 2

Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
2. (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)?ip/

Noun

jeep f (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Further reading

• “jeep” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English jeep.

Noun

jeep f (invariable)

1. jeep

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ip/

Noun

jeep m inan

1. Alternative spelling of d?ip.

Declension

Further reading

• jeep in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jeep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French jeep.

Noun

jeep n (plural jeepuri)

1. jeep

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeep.

Noun

jeep f (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Swedish

Etymology

From English jeep.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?p

Noun

jeep c

1. jeep

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (j?m).

Noun

jeem (plural jeems)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.