Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hp

/eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English

Syllables: hp
IPA: /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/

7

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

2

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India.

name

Initialism of Hewlett-Packard.

name

Initialism of Harry Potter.

noun

Initialism of hire purchase.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of horsepower.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of hit points / health points.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of higher power.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Houses of Parliament.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films."
"Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP."
"If you stay at a hotel, you'll wake up with full HP and PP."
"The ERS can generate an extra 160hp for around half a minute per lap."

Etymology

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: HP, home page

Usage

Inflected Forms

HPs (plural)

Derived Forms

LHP HPGP HPV VHP AHP

Phrases

HP-UX

Synonyms

mul:H₂O₂ HPO PO horsepower h.p.

Rhymes With

be he we me she see three free de tv key sea

Questions

How do you pronounce hp?: The recorded pronunciation is /eɪt͡ʃˌpiː/.
What does hp mean?: Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India.
Where does hp come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce hp

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