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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humppa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hump-pa
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of certain social dances.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Finnish humppa. Doublet of oom-pah.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

humppas (plural)

Questions

What does humppa mean?
A type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot.
Where does humppa come from?
From Finnish humppa. Doublet of oom-pah.

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