Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ifs

/ɪfs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: ifs
IPA: /ɪfs/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of if

noun

Initialism of iterated function system.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Initialism of information fatigue syndrome.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of Input Field Separators.

name

Initialism of Institute for Fiscal Studies: an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy.

British usage

noun

plural of IF

name

Institute for State Policy.

Example Sentences

"At the IFS, they laboured in vain to bring the nation’s attention back to the real economic news, which wasn’t the budget so much as the tax and benefit changes set to kick in next month: […]"
"Two other organizations – the Institute for State Policy (IfS) and the “Ein Prozent” (One Percent) association – were labeled extremist at the same time as the group."

Etymology

Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

IFSs (plural)

Rhymes With

cliffs riffs sniffs hieroglyphs stiffs skiffs fyffes glyphs tiffs

Questions

How do you pronounce ifs?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪfs/.
What does ifs mean?: plural of if
Where does ifs come from?: Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).

How to pronounce ifs

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