Phillips

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪlɪps/
• Homophone: fillips

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English Phillip

English -s

English Phillips

From Phillip + -s.

Alternative forms

• Philips, Philipps

Proper noun

Phillips (countable and uncountable, plural Phillipses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip.
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     Thus we might ask Wittgenstein and Phillips if the structure of family resemblance does not dissolve the dichotomy of internal/external to which their semantic and criteriologic pragmatic contextualism is connected.

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
   2. A township in White County, Illinois.
   3. A town in Franklin County, Maine.
   4. A community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
   5. A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska.
   6. A small town in Coal County, Oklahoma.
   7. A ghost town in Hutchinson County, Texas.
   8. A city, the county seat of Price County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test
• Phillipsburg
• Phillips County
• Phillips's kangaroo rat
• Philmont
• Philturn

Noun

Phillips (plural Phillips or Phillipses)

1. A Phillips screwdriver.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Phillips

1. plural of Phillip