Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pippin

/pˈɪpɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: pip-pin
IPA: /pˈɪpɪn/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Any of several varieties of eating apple that have a yellow or green skin with patches of red.

noun

Any of several roundish or oblate apple varieties.

noun

An apple tree raised from a seed (not grafted) or its fruit.

noun

An excellent or admirable person or thing.

Dated; Slang

name

name

A male given name.

Example Sentences

"Upon which account ’tis that the Juice of ripe pulpy Apples, as Pippins, Rennetings, &c. that are of a ſyrupy tenacious nature, do detain in them more of the diſperſed particles of the Fruit that by the Preſſure comes out with the Liquor; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English pipin, from Old French pepin (“a seed”) (French pépin). See pip.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: pipin, pepin

Usage

Dated
Slang

Inflected Forms

pippins (plural)

Phrases

Normandy pippin pippin file Ribstone pippin Ribston pippin

Rhymes With

flippin tippin vipin

Questions

How do you pronounce pippin?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɪpɪn/.
What does pippin mean?: A seed.
Where does pippin come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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