From en.wiktionary.org:
[gps]
** English
*** Proper noun
[en-prop]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1992 | editors=S. Noguchi; H. Umeo | title=Transputer/Occam Japan 4 | page=137
|passage=Since then he has been an Consultant Engineer within INMOS,
specialising in GPS and satcomms applications of the transputer.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] [en] .
2. * [en]
3. [en] .
4. [en] .
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[Global Positioning System]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Walloon: [wa] [receiver] , [wa] [system]
- Xibe: [sjo]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[GPSes]
1. [en] To locate something using a GPS system .
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Galician
[lang=gl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [gl] [en] , Global Positioning System
2. [gl] GPS receiver , satnav
** German
*** Etymology 1
**** Noun
[n,-.sg]
1. GPS
***** Declension
[n,-.sg]
**** Further reading
- [R:de:Duden]
*** Etymology 2
**** Proper noun
[f]
1. [de] [de]
***** Declension
[f.sg]
** Japanese
*** Etymology
[ja].
*** Pronunciation
[ジーピーエス]
*** Noun
[ジー-ピー-エス]
1. [ja] [en]
*** References
- [R:Digital-Daijisen]
- [R:Weblio]
[ja]
** Malay
*** Pronunciation
- [jipi.és]
*** Proper noun
[ms-proper noun]
1. [ms] [ms]
** Polish
[lang=pl]
*** Etymology
[pl].
*** Pronunciation
[dżi.pi'es,gie.pe'es]
*** Noun
[m-in]
1. [pl] [en] [Global Positioning System; a system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites]
2. [pl] [en] , GPS receiver [audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation]
**** Declension
{{pl-decl-noun|tantum=s |GPS|GPS-y |GPS-u|GPS-ów |GPS-owi|GPS-om |GPS|GPS-y
|GPS-em|GPS-ami |GPS-ie|GPS-ach |GPS-ie|GPS-y }}
or
Indeclinable.
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:WSJP]
- [R:pl:PWN]
- [R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia]
[pl]
** Portuguese
[lang=pt]
*** Pronunciation
[gê-pê-ésse < q:initalism>]
*** Etymology 1
[pt].
**** Noun
[m]
1. [pt] [en] [global positioning system]
2. GPS receiver
3. * {{ quote-journal | pt | title=Guiados por GPS de coleira, bombeiros resgatam cachorro de dentro do Cânion Fortaleza, em Cambará do Sul; veja vídeo | article_series=Pioneiro | work=GZH | publisher=Grupo RBS | location=Porto Alegre | date=2025-03-11 | author=Pedro Zanrosso | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323162419/https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/pioneiro/geral/noticia/2025/03/guiados-por-gps-de-coleira-bombeiros-resgatam-cachorro-de-dentro-do-canion-fortaleza-em-cambara-do-sul-veja-video-cm84w82xc001n0151xrawjt3r.html
|text=Para o resgate, os bombeiros utilizaram técnicas de rapel e contaram com
a ajuda de um GPS, instalado na coleira do animal.}}
*** Etymology 2
**** Noun
[f]
1. [pt] [pt]
2. * {{ quote-journal | pt | title=Aprenda como emitir a Guia da Previdência Social (GPS) no Meu INSS | author=Thais Tenher | date=2023-12-21 | work=Exame | location=São Paulo | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808133753/https://exame.com/brasil/guia-do-cidadao/aprenda-como-emitir-a-guia-da-previdencia-social-gps-online/
|text=A guia da Previdência Social, também conhecida pela sigla GPS, é um
velho conhecido do contribuinte brasileiro. O documento serve para o
recolhimento das quantias referentes aos beneficiários do INSS.}}
*** Further reading
- [R:pt:Infopédia]
- [R:pt:Priberam]
- [R:pt:Michaelis]
[pt]
** Spanish
[lang=es]
*** Pronunciation
[gépese]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] [en] , Global Positioning System
2. [es] GPS receiver , satnav
*** Further reading
- [R:es:DRAE]
** Swedish
*** Alternative forms
- [sv]
*** Etymology
[sv]. [mid-1980s, probably].[[SO]]
*** Noun
[c]
1. [sv] [en] , Global Positioning System
2. [sv] GPS receiver , satnav
**** Declension
[GPS:]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
*** References
References:
- [SAOL]