Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ropes

/ɹoʊps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
ropes
IPA
/ɹoʊps/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of rope

noun

Basic skills of a job.

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of rope

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹoʊps/
  • British English: /ɹəʊps/

Phrases

know the ropes show the ropes

Rhymes With

hopes slopes soaps scopes lopes copes gropes elopes swopes

Questions

How do you pronounce ropes?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹoʊps/.
What does ropes mean?
plural of rope
Where does ropes come from?
In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.

How to pronounce ropes

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