Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shippon

/ˈʃɪpən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ship-pon
IPA: /ˈʃɪpən/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"He almost reached the timberline – but there the weather changed, a damp fog enveloped him, and he spent a couple of hours shivering all alone in a smelly shippon, waiting for the whirling mists to uncover the sun once more."

Etymology

From Middle English shipne, shepne, schüpene, from Old English sċypen, from Proto-Germanic *skupinī, from Proto-Germanic *skup- (whence shop). Cognate with German Schuppen (“shed”), and Bavarian Schupfn, Schupfa.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: shipne, sċypen, *skupinī, *skup-

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈʃɪpən/

Inflected Forms

shippons (plural) shippen (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce shippon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɪpən/.
What does shippon mean?: A cattleshed.
Where does shippon come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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