Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sampa

/ˈsæmpə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: sam-pa
IPA: /ˈsæmpə/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters, to work around text encoding problems before the introduction of Unicode.

name

Nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil

Example Sentences

"This is Sampa my friend; anything can happen."

Etymology

Acronym of Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet.

Phrases

X-SAMPA

Rhymes With

tampa nampa

Questions

How do you pronounce sampa?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæmpə/.
What does sampa mean?: An alphabet based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), but using only 7-bit ASCII characters, to work around text encoding problems before the introduction of Unicode.
Where does sampa come from?: Acronym of Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet.

How to pronounce sampa

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Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈsæmpə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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