noun

chip

Translation

french fry, microchip, small piece

I'd like fish and chips, please.

I'd like fish and french fries, please.

This computer has a very fast chip.

There's a chip in this mug.

((countable noun)) a long piece of deep-fried potato (a french fry). I'd like fish and chips, please.

((countable noun)) a small piece of silicon in a computer. This computer has a very fast chip.

((countable noun)) a small piece broken off something. There's a chip in this mug.

Synonyms: fragment, piece, sliver (for a broken piece)

From Old English 'cipp', meaning 'a small piece of wood'. The meaning extended to other small, cut or broken pieces.

Imagine a computer chip that looks like a potato chip (a crisp in the UK), which is a 'chip' off a potato.