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A n2 (mark, flaw) (in wood, china, glass) ébréchure f ; this cup has a chip in it cette tasse est ébréchée ;5 Comput puce f (électronique) ;6 Sport ( in golf) coup m d'approche ; ( in football) chandelle f ; to play a chip ( in golf) faire une approche ;7 Games ( in gambling) plaque f ; ( smaller) jeton m ; to cash in one's chips lit encaisser ses plaques ; fig ramasser ses billes ○.1 ( damage) ébrécher [glass, cup, plate] ; écorner [precious stone] ; écailler [paint] ; to chip a tooth/bone se casser une dent/un os ; a chipped cup une tasse ébréchée ;2 ( carve) tailler [wood, stone] ;3 Culin couper [potatoes].1 ( damage) [plate, glass] s'ébrécher ; [paint, varnish] s'écailler ; [tooth] se casser ; [precious stone] s'écorner ;to have a chip on one's shoulder être amer/-ère ; he's got a chip on his shoulder about not having gone to university il n'est jamais allé à l'université et il en veut à tout le monde à cause de cela ; to be a chip off the old block être bien le fils de son père/la fille de sa mère ; when the chips are down dans les moments difficiles ; he's had his chips ○ GB il est cuit ○.■ chip away:▶ chip away [paint, plaster] s'écailler ; to chip away at ( carve) tailler [marble, rock] ; fig affaiblir [qch] progressivement [power, authority] ; miner [confidence] ;▶ chip away [sth], chip [sth] away enlever [qch] petit à petit [paint, plaster].■ chip in GB ○2 ( contribute money) donner un peu d'argent ; she chipped in with £5 elle a mis cinq livres de sa poche.■ chip off:▶ chip off [paint, plaster] s'écailler ;▶ chip off [sth], chip [sth] off écailler [plaster] (from de) ; he chipped a piece off il a enlevé un éclat ; to chip a piece off a tooth ébrécher une dent. -
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chip [t∫ɪp]1. nounb. (Computing) puce fd. ( = break) ébréchure fe. (in gambling) jeton m3. compounds• to chip away at [+ sb's authority, lands] grignoter ; [+ law, decision] réduire petit à petit la portée de► chip in intransitive verba. ( = interrupt) dire son mot* * *[tʃɪp] 1.2) (in wood, china, glass) ébréchure f3) GB Culinary ( fried potato) frite f4) US ( potato crisp) chips f2.transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)1) ( damage) ébrécher [glass, plate]; écorner [precious stone]; écailler [paint]2) ( carve) tailler3.intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-) [plate, glass] s'ébrécher; [paint] s'écailler; [tooth] se casser; [gem] s'écornerPhrasal Verbs:- chip in- chip off••to have a chip on one's shoulder — être amer/-ère
to be a chip off the old block — être bien le fils de son père/la fille de sa mère
he's had his chips — (colloq) GB il est cuit (colloq)
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chip away [paint, plaster] s'écaillerto chip away at — tailler [stone]; fig affaiblir [quelque chose] progressivement [authority]; miner [confidence]
chip away [something], chip [something] away enlever [quelque chose] petit à petit [plaster]
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