jeep

English Online Dictionary. What means jeep‎? What does jeep mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēp, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːp/
• Rhymes: -iːp

Etymology 1

Derived from GP, initialism of general-purpose. Noun from General Purpose Vehicle (military light utility truck).

Adjective

jeep (not comparable)

1. (military) Pertaining to utility or general purpose.

Derived terms

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. A small, blocky, military-style vehicle with four-wheel drive, suited to rough terrain.
2. A light utility truck from WWII used by the U.S. Army, and subsequently turned into the trademark Jeep when civilianized by originating manufacturer Willys-Overland.
3. (genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.
4. (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of jeepney

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

jeep (third-person singular simple present jeeps, present participle jeeping, simple past and past participle jeeped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel by jeep.

Etymology 2

Disputed. Possibly from Eugene the Jeep, a character in Popeye cartoons.

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. (corrosion) A device for detecting discontinuity in a protective coating, also called a "holiday detector"
2. (Australia, regional) A covered shopping cart, also called a "shopping stroller".

References

Etymology 3

An ironic pronunciation of AGP, the initialism of autogynephilia in Blanchard's transsexual typology.

Noun

jeep (plural jeeps)

1. (4chan /lgbt/ slang, derogatory, offensive) A trans woman who is sexually attracted to women and transitioned due to autogynephilia.

   Coordinate term: husstuss

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(d)ʒip/

Noun

jeep f (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Further reading

• “jeep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒip/
• Rhymes: -ip

Noun

jeep f (invariable)

1. jeep

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeep. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʐip/
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: jeep
• Homophone: dżip

Noun

jeep m inan

1. Alternative spelling of dżip

Declension

Further reading

• jeep in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeep.

Noun

jeep n (plural jeepuri)

1. jeep

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeep.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ip

Noun

jeep m (plural jeeps)

1. jeep

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “jeep”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From English jeep.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːp

Noun

jeep c

1. jeep

Declension

Derived terms

• jeepdunk (“jerry can”)

References

• jeep in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jeep in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)