Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pipes

/paɪps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: pipes
IPA: /paɪps/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A single pipe organ.

noun

One's vocal capacity.

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pipe

noun

name

Etymology

(vocal capacity): As if one's lungs were composed of pipework.

Inflected Forms

Pipeses (plural)

Derived Forms

bagpipes panpipes

Rhymes With

types stripes wipes swipes snipes gripes hypes stipes sipes shipes cripes

Questions

How do you pronounce pipes?: The recorded pronunciation is /paɪps/.
What does pipes mean?: plural of pipe
Where does pipes come from?: (vocal capacity): As if one's lungs were composed of pipework.

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