Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heif

/ˈhiːɪf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: heif
IPA: /ˈhiːɪf/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of High Efficiency Image File, a container format for storing individual images and image sequences.

noun

An image file in the HEIF format.

Example Sentences

"The HEIF format is not yet the de facto image file at the time of writing. Apple, Inc. adopted HEIF for image media storage on iOS in 2017."

Inflected Forms

HEIFs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

HEIC HEVC

Questions

How do you pronounce heif?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhiːɪf/.
What does heif mean?: Initialism of High Efficiency Image File, a container format for storing individual images and image sequences.

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