stip

See also: Štip

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪp/

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Verb

stip (third-person singular simple present stips, present participle stipping, simple past and past participle stipped)

1. (informal) To stipulate.

   The attorneys agreed to stip to a stay of proceedings.

Noun

stip (plural stips)

1. (informal) A stipulation.

Anagrams

• ISTP, PITs, PTIs, SPIT, TIPS, pist, pits, sipt, spit, tips

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stype, from Proto-Germanic *stīfa, from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“stiff, erect”), see also Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor, English stiff.^[1] Related to Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, the source of stijf (“stiff, rigid”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

stip f or m (plural stippen, diminutive stipje n)

1. dot

   Het symbool voor de Zon is een cirkel met een stip in het midden:

   The symbol for the Sun is a circle with a dot in the middle:

2. ICH: a disease that affects (aquarium) fish Ichthyophthirius multifiliis

Synonyms

• punt
• stippel

Derived terms

• tijdstip

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

stip c (plural stippen, diminutive stipke)

1. dot

Derived terms

• stipskrapke

Further reading

• “stip (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011