"Tippex" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Tipp-Ex is originally a trademark, owned since 1997 by Société Bic. Its use in the general sense is an example of trademark erosion. The first component is from the German verb tippen (“to type”), and the second from Latin ex. Etymology templates: {{m+|la|ex}} Latin ex Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Tippex (uncountable)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A particular brand of correction fluid, or correction fluid in general. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable Translations (brand of correction fluid): flaterwater (Afrikaans), tipex [masculine] (French), korektor [masculine] (Polish), típex [masculine] (Spanish), Tipp-Ex (Swedish), tippex [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Tippex-en-noun-iie~02yF Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English Disambiguation of 'brand of correction fluid': 71 29
  2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A particular brand of correction tape, or correction tape in general. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Tippex-en-noun-Wj6icT7A Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 70 7 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 24 70 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 84 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 75 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 23 71 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 68 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 78 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 71 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tipp-Ex, tippex

Verb [English]

Forms: Tippexes [present, singular, third-person], Tippexing [participle, present], Tippexed [participle, past], Tippexed [past]
Etymology: Tipp-Ex is originally a trademark, owned since 1997 by Société Bic. Its use in the general sense is an example of trademark erosion. The first component is from the German verb tippen (“to type”), and the second from Latin ex. Etymology templates: {{m+|la|ex}} Latin ex Head templates: {{en-verb}} Tippex (third-person singular simple present Tippexes, present participle Tippexing, simple past and past participle Tippexed)
  1. (transitive) To delete using correction fluid. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-Tippex-en-verb-jQfJhl9S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tipp-Ex, tippex

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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