different between jeep vs jip

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

Pronunciation

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?d??p/

Noun

jip (uncountable)

1. (Ireland, colloquial) Ejaculated semen.

Verb

jip (third-person singular simple present jips, present participle jipping, simple past and past participle jipped)

1. Alternative form of gyp

Anagrams

• IJP

Indonesian

Etymology

From English jeep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d???p]
• Hyphenation: jip

Noun

jip

1. jeep,
   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.

Further reading

• “jip” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Min Nan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English jeep.

Noun

jip

1. jeep

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English sheep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ip/

Noun

jip (nominative plural jips)

1. sheep (wooly ruminant animal)

Declension

Hyponyms

• hijip
• jijip
• jipil
• jipül

Derived terms