Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kenpeitai

/kɛnpeɪˈtaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ken-peitai
IPA: /kɛnpeɪˈtaɪ/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The military police of the Imperial Japanese Army that also served as the secret police of Imperial Japan, active from 1881 to 1945.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 憲兵隊 (Kenpeitai).

Inflected Forms

Kempeitai (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Gestapo OVRA

Questions

How do you pronounce kenpeitai?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɛnpeɪˈtaɪ/.
What does kenpeitai mean?: The military police of the Imperial Japanese Army that also served as the secret police of Imperial Japan, active from 1881 to 1945.
Where does kenpeitai come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 憲兵隊 (Kenpeitai).

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