Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

krupa

/kɹˈupə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
kru-pa
IPA
/kɹˈupə/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a Polish, Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Lower Sorbian and Slovak surname, from the noun krupa (“groats”). Compare Kruppa. * As a Czech surname, variant of Kroupa. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krupa (“sleet, hail”), related to the above.

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Questions

How do you pronounce krupa?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɹˈupə/.
What does krupa mean?
A surname.
Where does krupa come from?
It is traced to Polish.

How to pronounce krupa

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/kɹˈupə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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