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Occasionally from Timothy.

From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), a diminutive of *tuppaz. Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).

From Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa (“to topple over”)), or a special use of Etymology 1.

Uncertain, perhaps related to Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.

Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to sense 1.

Probably from tip (“to give, pass”) or tip (“to tap”), or a combination of the two.

355 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَرَف (ṭaraf) — extreme end of something
• Armenian: ծայր (cayr) — extreme end of something
• Bhojpuri: नोक (nōk) — extreme end of something
• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — extreme end of something
• Bulgarian: заострен край (zaostren kraj) — extreme end of something
• Catalan: punta — extreme end of something
• Catalan: punxa — extreme end of something
• Chamicuro: yawa — extreme end of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 尖頂 /尖顶 (jiāndǐng) — extreme end of something
• Czech: hrot — extreme end of something
• Czech: špička — extreme end of something
• Dutch: punt — extreme end of something
• Esperanto: pinto — extreme end of something
• Estonian: ots — extreme end of something
• Evenki: дугэ (dugə) — extreme end of something
• Finnish: kärki — extreme end of something
• French: bout — extreme end of something
• French: pointe — extreme end of something
• French: extrémité — extreme end of something
• Galician: cabo — extreme end of something
• Galician: punta — extreme end of something
• Galician: extremo — extreme end of something
• Georgian: წვერი (c̣veri) — extreme end of something
• German: Spitze — extreme end of something
• Greek: αιχμή (aichmí) — extreme end of something
• Greek: κορυφή (koryfí) — extreme end of something
• Ancient Greek: ἄκρον (ákron) — extreme end of something
• Ancient Greek: τελευτή (teleutḗ) — extreme end of something
• Hebrew: קצה (katzé) — extreme end of something
• Hebrew: שפיץ (shpítz) — extreme end of something
• Hindi: नोक (nok) — extreme end of something
• Hungarian: hegy — extreme end of something
• Hungarian: csúcs — extreme end of something
• Icelandic: broddur — extreme end of something
• Icelandic: toppur — extreme end of something
• Icelandic: endi — extreme end of something
• Icelandic: oddur — extreme end of something
• Indonesian: ujung — extreme end of something
• Ingrian: nenä — extreme end of something
• Italian: punta — extreme end of something
• Italian: estremità — extreme end of something
• Japanese: 先 (saki) — extreme end of something
• Japanese: 先端 (sentan) — extreme end of something
• Javanese: pucuk — extreme end of something
• Old Javanese: pucuk — extreme end of something
• Khmer: ចុង (coŋ) — extreme end of something
• Central Kurdish: نووک (nûk) — extreme end of something
• Ladin: piza — extreme end of something
• Latin: cuspis — extreme end of something
• Malay: hujung — extreme end of something
• Māori: hiku — extreme end of something
• Māori: kāmata — extreme end of something
• Māori: kūreitanga — extreme end of something
• Māori: pōkanekane — extreme end of something
• Māori: kōmore — extreme end of something
• Mongolian: үзүүр (üzüür) — extreme end of something
• Persian: نوک (nok) — extreme end of something
• Persian: توک (tok) — extreme end of something
• Plautdietsch: Spetz — extreme end of something
• Polish: czubek — extreme end of something
• Portuguese: ponta — extreme end of something
• Portuguese: pico — extreme end of something
• Russian: ко́нчик (kónčik) — extreme end of something
• Russian: остриё (ostrijó) — extreme end of something
• Russian: наконе́чник (nakonéčnik) — extreme end of something
• Slovak: špica — extreme end of something
• Slovak: hrot — extreme end of something
• Spanish: punta — extreme end of something
• Spanish: ápice — extreme end of something
• Spanish: ápex — extreme end of something
• Spanish: herrón — extreme end of something
• Swedish: spets — extreme end of something
• Telugu: మొన (mona) — extreme end of something
• Turkish: uç — extreme end of something
• Ukrainian: кі́нчик (kínčyk) — extreme end of something
• Ukrainian: наконе́чник (nakonéčnyk) — extreme end of something
• Vietnamese: chóp — extreme end of something
• Vietnamese: chỏm — extreme end of something
• Walloon: copete — extreme end of something
• Walloon: ponte — extreme end of something
• Yiddish: שפּיץ (shpits) — extreme end of something
• Zulu: isihloko — extreme end of something
• ǃXóõ: ǀʻám — extreme end of something
• Bulgarian: отвал (otval) — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Dutch: stort — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Dutch: stortplaats — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Dutch: vuilnisbelt — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Finnish: kaatopaikka — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Finnish: tunkio — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• French: décharge — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• French: déchèterie — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• German: Halde — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Italian: discarica — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Māori: ruapara — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Russian: отва́л (otvál) — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Russian: сва́лка (sválka) — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Swedish: tipp — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Swedish: soptipp — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Tongan: tuʻunga veve — area or place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap
• Albanian: bakshish — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Arabic: بَقْشِيش (baqšīš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Arabic: بَخْشِيش (baḵšīš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Arabic: إِكْرَامِيَّة (ʔikrāmiyya) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Arabic: بَخْشِيش (baḵšīš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Azerbaijani: bəxşiş — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Azerbaijani: çayvoy — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Belarusian: чаявы́я (čajavýja) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Bengali: বখশিশ (bokhośiś) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Bulgarian: бакши́ш (bakšíš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Burmese: သဒ္ဓါကြေး (saddha-kre:) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Burmese: ဘောက်ဆူး (bhaukhcu:) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Burmese: ဘော်ဒါကြေး (bhauda-kre:) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Catalan: propina — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Chinese Mandarin: 小費 /小费 (xiǎofèi) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Chinese Mandarin: 酒錢 /酒钱 (jiǔqian) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Chinese Mandarin: 茶錢 /茶钱 (cháqian) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Ngazidja Comorian: ɓahashishi — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Czech: diškerece — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Czech: dýško — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Czech: spropitné — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Czech: tringelt — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Dutch: fooi — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Dutch: drinkgeld — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Dutch: tip — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Esperanto: trinkmono — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Esperanto: gratifiko — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Esperanto: dankmono — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Estonian: jootraha — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Finnish: juomaraha — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Finnish: tippi — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• French: pourboire — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• French: pourliche — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• French: bonne-main — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• French: dringuelle — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• French: lagniappe — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Galician: adehala — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Galician: poxa — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Galician: espórtula — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Galician: propina — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• German: Trinkgeld — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Greek: φιλοδώρημα (filodórima) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Hebrew: תֶּשֶׁר (tésher) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Hindi: बख़्शीश (baxśīś) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Hungarian: borravaló — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Hungarian: jatt — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Icelandic: þjórfé — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Ido: drinko-pekunio — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Ingrian: rikka — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Irish: síneadh láimhe — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Italian: mancia — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Japanese: チップ (chippu) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Japanese: ご祝儀 (goshūgi) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Japanese: 心づけ (kokorodzuke) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Japanese: タバコ銭 (tabakosen) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Khmer: កំរៃក្រៅ (kɑmray krav) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Khmer: លុយជាទឹកតែ (luy cie tɨk tae) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Korean: 팁 (tip) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Latvian: dzeramnauda — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Lithuanian: arbatpinigiai — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Low German: Drinkgeld — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Luxembourgish: Drénkgeld — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Macedonian: бакши́ш (bakšíš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Malay: baksis — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Māori: takoha — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Persian: انعام (en'âm) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Persian: بخشیش (baxšiš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Polish: napiwek — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Portuguese: gorjeta — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Romanian: bacșiș — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Russian: чаевы́е (čajevýje) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Russian: бакши́ш (bakšíš) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: бакшиш — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: напојница — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: bakšiš — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: napojnica — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: manča — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Serbo-Croatian: tringelt — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Slovak: sprepitné — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Slovak: tringelt — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Slovene: napitnina — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: propina — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: momio — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: gratificación — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: yapa — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: ñapa — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: llapa — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: ipegüe — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: yapada — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: yapadura — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: yapana (ñapa) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: propi — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: roda — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Spanish: pilón — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Swahili: bakshishi — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Swedish: dricks — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Tagalog: paragala — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Thai: ทิป (típ) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Thai: เงินทิป — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Turkish: bahşiş — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Ottoman Turkish: بخشش (bahşiş) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Ukrainian: чайові́ (čajoví) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Urdu: بخشیش (baxśīś) — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Uzbek: choychaqa — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Uzbek: baxshish — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Vietnamese: bo — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Vietnamese: tiền bo — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Vietnamese: tiền thưởng — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Volapük: drinamon — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Walloon: dringuele — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Welsh: cildwrn — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Welsh: degwm cildwrn — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Zulu: umbhanso — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Zulu: umbhanselo — small amount of money left for a servant as a token of appreciation
• Arabic: إِخْبَارِيَّة (ʔiḵbāriyya) — piece of private information
• Catalan: indici — piece of private information
• Chinese Mandarin: 小建議 /小建议 (xiǎojiànyì) — piece of private information
• Chinese Mandarin: 貼士 /贴士 (tiēshì) — piece of private information
• Chinese Mandarin: 提示 (tíshì) — piece of private information
• Danish: tip — piece of private information
• Dutch: tip — piece of private information
• Dutch: hint — piece of private information
• Finnish: vihje — piece of private information
• Finnish: vinkki — piece of private information
• French: tuyau — piece of private information
• German: Tipp — piece of private information
• Hebrew: רמז (remez) — piece of private information
• Hungarian: füles — piece of private information
• Hungarian: értesülés — piece of private information
• Icelandic: ábending — piece of private information
• Italian: dritta — piece of private information
• Italian: soffiata — piece of private information
• Japanese: 助言 (jogen) — piece of private information
• Japanese: 内報 (naihō) — piece of private information
• Korean: 팁 (tip) — piece of private information
• Māori: tīwhiri — piece of private information
• Polish: wskazówka — piece of private information
• Portuguese: dica — piece of private information
• Russian: наво́дка (navódka) — piece of private information
• Scottish Gaelic: gliocas — piece of private information
• Slovak: tip — piece of private information
• Slovak: rada — piece of private information
• Spanish: consejo — piece of private information
• Spanish: dato — piece of private information
• Spanish: soplo — piece of private information
• Spanish: pitazo — piece of private information
• Spanish: aviso — piece of private information
• Swedish: tips — piece of private information
• Turkish: püf nokta — piece of private information
• Turkish: tüyo — piece of private information
• Zulu: ithiphu — piece of private information
• Arabic: نَصِيحَة (naṣīḥa) — piece of advice
• Bulgarian: съвет (sǎvet) — piece of advice
• Danish: råd — piece of advice
• Dutch: tip — piece of advice
• Dutch: hint — piece of advice
• Finnish: neuvo — piece of advice
• Finnish: vinkki — piece of advice
• French: astuce — piece of advice
• French: conseil — piece of advice
• Galician: consello — piece of advice
• Galician: suxestión — piece of advice
• Galician: recomendación — piece of advice
• German: Tipp — piece of advice
• German: Rat — piece of advice
• German: Ratschlag — piece of advice
• Hungarian: tipp — piece of advice
• Icelandic: ábending — piece of advice
• Italian: dritta — piece of advice
• Italian: consiglio — piece of advice
• Italian: suggerimento — piece of advice
• Korean: 팁 (tip) — piece of advice
• Māori: tīwhiri — piece of advice
• Portuguese: toque — piece of advice
• Portuguese: dica — piece of advice
• Russian: наво́дка (navódka) — piece of advice
• Russian: подска́зка (podskázka) — piece of advice
• Serbo-Croatian: savjet — piece of advice
• Spanish: consejo — piece of advice
• Spanish: sugerencia — piece of advice
• Spanish: tip — piece of advice
• Spanish: recomendación — piece of advice
• Swedish: råd — piece of advice
• Turkish: tüyo — piece of advice
• Ukrainian: підка́зка (pidkázka) — piece of advice
• Ukrainian: на́тяк (nátjak) — piece of advice
• Bulgarian: обръщам (obrǎštam) — to cause something to fall down
• Finnish: keikauttaa — to cause something to fall down
• Finnish: kellauttaa — to cause something to fall down
• Finnish: kumota — to cause something to fall down
• Galician: tirar — to cause something to fall down
• Galician: deixar caer — to cause something to fall down
• Italian: rovesciare — to cause something to fall down
• Māori: porohuri — to cause something to fall down
• Bulgarian: накланям (naklanjam) — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Bulgarian: килвам (kilvam) — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Esperanto: renversi — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Finnish: kallistaa — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Galician: inclinar — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Galician: envorcar — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Galician: debrocar — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Hungarian: megdönt — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Italian: inclinare — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Russian: опроки́нуть (oprokínutʹ) — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Russian: опроки́нуться (oprokínutʹsja) — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Spanish: inclinar — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Swedish: tippa — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Ottoman Turkish: اكمك (eğmek) — to cause something to be in a tilted position
• Bulgarian: изливам (izlivam) — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Finnish: kaataa — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Finnish: kallistaa — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Galician: verter — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Italian: sversare — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Māori: tāhoro — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Spanish: verter — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Spanish: volcar — cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it
• Finnish: kipata — to dump refuse
• Galician: envorcar — to dump refuse
• Māori: whakatimana — to dump refuse
• Arabic: بَقْشِيش (baqšīš) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Arabic: بقشيش (baʔšīš) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Arabic: بخشش (baḵšaš) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Arabic: بقشيش (bagšīš) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Bulgarian: давам бакши́ш (davam bakšíš) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Czech: dát spropitné — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Dutch: fooi — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Esperanto: gratifiki — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Finnish: antaa juomarahaa — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Finnish: antaa tippiä — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Finnish: tipata — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Galician: dar unha propina — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• German: ein Trinkgeld geben — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Greek: δίνω φιλοδώρημα (díno filodórima) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Hungarian: borravalót ad — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Ido: gratifiketo — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Ido: drinkopekunio — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Italian: dare la mancia — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Italian: lasciare la mancia — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Korean: 끝 (kkeut) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Māori: takoha — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Polish: dawać napiwek — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Polish: dać napiwek — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Portuguese: dar gorjeta — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Russian: дава́ть на чай (davátʹ na čaj) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Russian: дать на чай (datʹ na čaj) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Russian: дава́ть чаевы́е (davátʹ čajevýje) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Russian: дать чаевы́е (datʹ čajevýje) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Serbo-Croatian: dȁti nápōjnicu — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Slovak: nechať prepitné — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Spanish: dar propina (de) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Spanish: diñar una propina — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Spanish: yapar — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Swedish: dricksa — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Turkish: bahşiş vermek — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Ottoman Turkish: بخشش ویرمك (bahşiş vermek) — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided
• Volapük: givön drinamoni — give a small amount of money to someone for a service provided