GPS

English

Proper noun

GPS

  1. (navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).
    Synonyms: NavStar, Navstar
    Hypernyms: GPS/global positioning system, satellite navigation system

Coordinate terms
  • GLONASS (the Russian satellite navigation system)
  • BeiDou / Beidou (the Chinese satellite navigation system)
  • Galileo (the European Union satellite navigation system)

Noun

GPS (plural GPSes)

  1. (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”).
    Hyponyms: Navstar/NavStar/GPS/Global Positioning System, BeiDou/Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS
  2. Ellipsis of GPS receiver.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

GPS (third-person singular simple present GPSes, present participle GPSing, simple past and past participle GPSed)

  1. (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system.

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

GPS m (invariable)

  1. (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System
    Synonym: sistema de posicionamento global
  2. (technology) GPS receiver, satnav
    Synonym: navegador GPS

German

Noun

GPS n (strong, genitive GPS, no plural)

  1. GPS
Declension
Declension of GPS [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das GPS
genitive eines des GPS
dative einem dem GPS
accusative ein das GPS

Further reading
  • “GPS” in Duden online

Proper noun

GPS f (proper noun, genitive GPS)

  1. (Swiss politics) Initialism of Grüne Partei der Schweiz (“Green Party of Switzerland”).
Declension
Declension of GPS [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die GPS
genitive einer der GPS
dative einer der GPS
accusative eine die GPS

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English GPS.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʐi.piˈɛs/
  • Rhymes: -iɛs
  • Syllabification: G‧P‧S

Noun

GPS m inan

  1. (cartography, navigation, technology) GPS (Global Positioning System)
  2. (colloquial, cartography, navigation, technology) GPS receiver (Global Positioning System)
    Synonyms: nawigacja, nawigator

Declension
Declension of GPS
singular
nominative GPS
genitive GPS-u
dative GPS-owi
accusative GPS
instrumental GPS-em
locative GPS-ie
vocative GPS-ie

or

Indeclinable.

Further reading
  • GPS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • GPS in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxepese/ [ˈxe.pe.se]
  • Rhymes: -epese

Noun

GPS m (plural GPS)

  1. (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System
    Synonym: sistema de posicionamiento global
  2. (technology) GPS receiver, satnav
    Synonym: navegador GPS

Further reading

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • gps

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English GPS. First attested in the mid-1980s, probably.[1]

Noun

GPS c

  1. (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System
  2. (technology) GPS receiver, satnav

Declension
Declension of GPS 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative GPS GPS:en GPS:er GPS:erna
Genitive GPS GPS:ens GPS:ers GPS:ernas

References
  1. GPS in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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