Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

para-ipa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables: para-i-pa
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.

Example Sentences

"Those two proposals included a few retired and para-IPA letters, but consideration of historical and para-IPA modifiers was largely deferred until the IPA could more fully discuss the desired scope of such encoding through the newly established Alphabet, Charts and Fonts Committee. […] By ‘para-IPA,’ we mean symbols that are commonly used within IPA notation but that are not themselves part of the IPA alphabet."

Frequently Paired Words

extIPA IPA JIPA

Questions

What does para-ipa mean?: Symbols commonly used in phonetic transcription alongside the International Phonetic Alphabet, but which are not officially included by the International Phonetic Association.

How to pronounce para-ipa

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