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ipil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
ip-il
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.

noun

The wood of this tree.

name

A municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay, Mindanao, Philippines.

Etymology

From Cebuano ipil.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ipils (plural) ifil (alternative)

Phrases

Ipil-ipil

Frequently Paired Words

Ipil-ipil

Questions

What does ipil mean?
A Philippine and Pacific island tree (Intsia bijuga) yielding a valuable brown dye and having a very hard and durable dark wood.
Where does ipil come from?
From Cebuano ipil.

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