schip

From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.

• IPA^(key): /sxɪp/

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• Hyphenation: schip
• Rhymes: -ɪp

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

1. ship (a large, water borne vessel)

   Het grote schip vaart over de oceaan naar verre landen. ― The large ship sails across the ocean to distant lands.

   De haven was vol met kleurrijke schepen van over de hele wereld. ― The harbor was filled with colorful ships from all around the world.

2. (architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)

   Synonym: middenschip

   De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven. ― The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.

   De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip in gotische stijl. ― The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave in Gothic style.

• Afrikaans: skip
  • → Northern Ndebele: isikepe
  • → Shona: chikepe
  • → Sotho: sekepe
  • → Tsonga: xikepe
  • → Xhosa: isikhephe
  • → Zulu: isikebhe
• Negerhollands: skip, skep
• →? Sranan Tongo: sipi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sipi

• chip, chippe, schepe, schipp, schippe, schup, schyp, schyppe, shepe, ship, shippe, shup, shuppe, shyp, shype, shyppe, sship, ssip
• (Northern) scip, scippe, scyp, scyppe

Inherited from Old English scip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

• IPA^(key): /ʃip/

schip (plural schipes or schippes)

1. A ship (large waterborne vessel)
2. (generally) A waterborne vessel; a boat.
3. (figuratively) A person or organisation providing "passage" through a situation.
4. A ship (vessel for storing incense)

• English: ship
• Scots: ship
• Yola: zhip

• “ship, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from French skip, from English skip.

schip n (uncountable)

1. skip car