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masculine

/tip/

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Translation

guy, type, kind

Word origin

From Latin typus, borrowed from Greek tupos ('a blow, an impression, a figure'), from tuptein ('to strike'). The informal sense 'guy, bloke' is a later French development.

Origin: Greek
Root: tupos
English cognates: type, typical, typography

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Examples

What type of contract interests you most.

C' .

He's a very kind guy with everyone.

disparait .

This kind of type is disappearing more and more.

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What kind of music do you listen to in the car?

- .

That guy works with my brother and has done for ten years.

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This word is part of lesson 6.