VIP

See also: vip and V.I.P.

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɪp/

Noun

VIP (countable and uncountable, plural VIPs)

  1. Initialism of very important person.
    Nobody is allowed to contact me after 4pm. VIPs can call me on my home phone.
  2. (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
  3. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.
  4. (music) Initialism of variation in production: the remixing of one's own track

Hypernyms

  • (ventilator-induced pneumonia):
  • VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia)
  • HAP (hospital-acquired pneumonia)
  • HCAP (healthcare-associated pneumonia)
  • pneumonia

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Finnish

Etymology

< English VIP

Noun

VIP

  1. (only as modifier) VIP (very important person)
    VIP-huoneVIP room
    VIP-henkilöVIP (person)

Declension

  • not applicable

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English VIP.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

VIP(ビップ) • (bippu) 

  1. VIP (very important person)

Etymology 2

From English VIP.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) イアイピ [bùíáípíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝia̠ipʲiː]

Noun

VIP(ブイアイピー) • (bui-ai-pī) 

  1. VIP (very important person)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English VIP.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vip/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ip
  • Syllabification: VIP

Noun

VIP m pers

  1. VIP (very important person)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • VIP-owski
  • vipowski

Further reading

  • VIP in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • VIP in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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