GPS

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ === Proper noun === GPS (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: Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS === Noun === GPS (countable and uncountable, plural GPSes) (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”). Hyponyms: Navstar/NavStar/GPS/Global Positioning System, BeiDou/Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS Ellipsis of GPS receiver. Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === GPS (third-person singular simple present GPSes, present participle GPSing, simple past and past participle GPSed) (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system. === Further reading === GPS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === GSP, PGS, PGs, PSG, Pgs, SPG, pgs, pgs., sGP == Galician == === Noun === GPS m (invariable) (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System Synonym: sistema de posicionamento global (technology) GPS receiver, satnav Synonym: navegador GPS == German == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== GPS n (strong, genitive GPS, no plural) GPS ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “GPS” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== GPS f (proper noun, genitive GPS) (Swiss politics) initialism of Grüne Partei der Schweiz (“Green Party of Switzerland”) Coordinate terms: SVP, SP, FDP, GLP, EVP, EDU ===== Declension ===== == Japanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English GPS. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [d͡ʑiːpʲiːe̞sɨ] === Noun === GPS(ジーピーエス) • (jī-pī-esu) (cartography) GPS === References === “GPS”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months “GPS” in Weblio Dictionary. == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈpies/ [d͡ʒiˈpi.es] === Proper noun === GPS (Malaysian politics) initialism of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (“Sarawak Parties Alliance”) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English GPS. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʐi.piˈɛs/, /ɡjɛ.pɛˈɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛs Syllabification: G‧P‧S === Noun === GPS m inan (indeclinable) (uncountable, astronautics, cartography, navigation, technology) GPS (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) (countable, colloquial, astronautics, cartography, navigation, technology) GPS, 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) Synonyms: nawigacja, nawigator ==== Declension ==== or Indeclinable. === Further reading === GPS in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN GPS in Polish dictionaries at PWN GPS in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English GPS. ==== Noun ==== GPS m (invariable) (uncountable) GPS (global positioning system) GPS receiver Synonym: recetor GPS === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== GPS f (uncountable) (Brazil) initialism of guia de previdência social === Further reading === “GPS”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “GPS”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “GPS”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌxe ˌpe ˈese/ [ˌxe ˌpe ˈe.se] Syllabification: GPS === Noun === GPS m (plural GPS) (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System Synonym: sistema de posicionamiento global (technology) GPS receiver, satnav Synonym: navegador GPS === Further reading === “GPS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Alternative forms === gps === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English GPS. First attested in the mid-1980s, probably. === Noun === GPS c (cartography) GPS, Global Positioning System (technology) GPS receiver, satnav ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gps:a (“track or mark with GPS”, verb) === References === “GPS”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)