"chip (microchip)" in seven languages
Meaningchip (microchip)
Spanish
chip
/tʃip/
masc.other source · English chip
French
puce
/pys/
fem.other source · Latin PŪLICEM 'flea'
A smart card is une carte à puce.
Italian
chip
/tʃip/
masc.other source · English chip
Portuguese
chip
/ˈʃipi/
masc.other source · English chip
Romanian
cip
/tʃip/
neut.other source · English chip
Catalan
xip
/ʃip/
masc.other source · English chip
English
chip
/tʃɪp/
native English · Middle English chip 'small piece'
English → Italianchip (microchip)chipCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The story
Spanish and Italian took the English word; French called the tiny component a flea, puce, from Latin PŪLEX. No shared source here: learn each one.
Learn it
In a sentence
- esLa tarjeta tiene un chip.
- frLa carte a une puce.
- itLa carta ha un chip.
- ptO cartão tem um chip.
- roCardul are un cip.
- caLa targeta té un xip.
- enThe card has a chip.
More in Work & money
- presentationpresentaciónprésentationpresentazioneapresentaçãoprezentarepresentació
- agenda (of a meeting)orden del díaordre du jourordine del giornopautaordine de ziordre del dia
- worktrabajotravaillavorotrabalhomuncăfeina
- job, employmentempleoemploiimpiegoempregoslujbăfeina
- moneydineroargentsoldidinheirobanidiners
- officeoficinabureauufficioescritóriobirouoficina