cips
/ˈd͡ʒips/
The Turkish word for chips is cips.
Cips refers to thin slices of potato that are fried or baked until crunchy and are sold as a snack. To specify that you are talking about potato chips, you can use the compound form patates cipsi.
Which one should you use?
It is important to distinguish between different types of potato snacks: use cips for crunchy snack chips and use patates kızartması for hot french fries.
How does it change in a sentence?
In Turkish, cips is an uncountable noun and does not take a plural suffix to indicate a quantity of chips.
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is /ˈdʒips/. The [j] in [j]ump corresponds to the /dʒ/ sound, the [ee] in cr[ee]k to the /i/ sound, the [p] in [p]an to the /p/ sound and the [s] in [s]end to the /s/ sound.
Did you know?
- While cips is borrowed from English, the word for 'potato' patates actually came to Turkish via French 'pomme de terre'.
- Turkish uses the word cips for the snack, but the word for a 'chip' in a computer is çip, which uses a different starting consonant.
- Turkish speakers often use the word cips to refer to any crunchy extruded snack, including those made from corn or wheat.
Examples in context
- Cips ve sos getirdim.I brought chips and dip.This sentence shows how to use cips when mentioning a dip.Tatoeba #6834473 by deyta, translation #6672693 by Eccles17
- Tom patates cipsi yiyor.Tom is eating potato chips.This sentence uses the compound form patates cipsi.Tatoeba #6848668 by deyta, translation #6664272 by CK
- Sen patates cipsi yiyorsun.You eat potato chips.This sentence demonstrates the use of patates cipsi.Tatoeba #5287551 by deyta, translation #3378240 by _undertoad
- Patates kızartması lütfen.Fried potatoes, please.
- Film izlerken yanında bir paket cips var mı?Do you have a pack of chips to accompany the movie?
- 28 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Selin and Mehmet are sitting on the sofa watching a movie.
- SelinFilm izlerken biraz cips yer miyiz?Shall we eat some chips while watching the movie?
- MehmetEvet, çok güzel bir fikir.Yes, that is a very good idea.
- SelinMutfakta bir paket cips var mı?Is there a packet of chips in the kitchen?
- MehmetSanırım dolapta bir paket cips bulabilirsin.I think you can find a packet of chips in the cupboard.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry cips, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
