Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jipa

/ˈdʒaɪpə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ji-pa
IPA: /ˈdʒaɪpə/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Journal of the International Phonetic Association.

Example Sentences

"Only in 1970 when it ceased, in some ways sadly, to be that unique phenomenon a publication entirely in phonetic script, did it acquire its present title of the Journal of the International Phonetic Association, in short JIPA, usually in speech acronymised by English-speakers to /dʒaɪpә/. [...] In his remaining two and a half years as editor of JIPA he only reviewed on two occasions, each time taking a pair of books related in subject matter."

Frequently Paired Words

IPA extIPA para-IPA

Questions

How do you pronounce jipa?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʒaɪpə/.
What does jipa mean?: Initialism of Journal of the International Phonetic Association.

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