Via some other European language, ultimately borrowed from Latintypus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greekτύπος(túpos, “mark, impression, type”).
Noun
tipsm (1st declension)
type (a model having some defining characteristics; an object with certain characteristic features, properties)
automobiļa, lidmašīnu tips ― automobile, aircraft type
pilsētas tipa apmetne ― urban type settlement
tipa projekts ― type project (engineering project intended for multiple use)
type (a category, group, model etc. created by generalizing or idealizing certain features or characteristics)
augsnes tips ― soil type
antropoloģiskais tips ― anthropological type
laikapstākļu tips ― weather (lit. weather conditions) type
meža augšanas apstākļu tips ― forest site (lit. forest growth conditions) type
augstākās nervu darbības tips ― higher nervous activity type
(zoology) type (highest category in animal systematics)
tips ir augstākā kategorija dzīvnieku klasifikācija ― the type is the highest category of animal classification
type (a group of people with certain characteristics; an individual belonging to this group)
aktieris nepavisam nebija varoņa mīlētāja tips ― the actor was far from the heroic lover type
starp šālaika Baltijas muižniekiem ir sastopami vairāki tipi; viens no visinteresantākajiem starp tiem ir tā sauktais īstais jeb veclaiku barons ― among the Baltic nobility of the time there are many types; one of the most interesting among them is the so-called real or old-time baron
type (artistic image which depicts the most characteristic features of a certain human group)
tipus idividualizējot, karikatūrisks visai lakoniski atklāj pašu nozīmīgāko un nepieciešamāko to sociālās piederības raksturojumā ― (by) individualizing types, the cartoonist very concisely reveals the most important and indispensable in the characterization of social classes
(suggesting disdain, scorn) type, guy, bloke (a man whose appearance or behavior arouses suspicion, a negative attitude)
šaubīgs, bīstams tips ― a fishy, dangerous type, guy
no otras puses tuvojas melnmatains tips ar ūsiņam, tērpies džinsa biksēs un melnā džemperī ― from the other side came a black-haired type, guy with a mustache, wearing jeans and a black sweater