IPA

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See also: ipa and 'ipa
See Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet for Wiktionary's Appendix for IPA symbols

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/,
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

IPA

  1. Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet.
    • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎, page 297:
      However, beyond lexis, the Macmillan range includes other adaptations, such as IPA encoding which reflects Indian English pronunciation, and etymologies that distinguish between "tatsama" and "tadbhava" terms, based on McGregor (1992).
  2. Initialism of International Phonetic Association.
  3. Initialism of International Police Association.

Alternative forms

Translations

Noun

IPA (countable and uncountable, plural IPAs)

  1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isopropyl alcohol.
  2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isophthalic acid.
  3. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isopropyl acetate.
  4. (beer, countable) Initialism of India pale ale.
    • 1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128:
      Not bad for an amber or pale ale, but India pale ale, I don't think so. So why does Bass put IPA on the label?
  5. Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
  6. An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

IPA n (proper noun, strong, genitive IPAs or IPA)

  1. Initialism of Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet.

Declension

Declension of IPA
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das IPA
genitive eines des IPAs, IPA
dative einem dem IPA
accusative ein das IPA

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (acronym) IPA(key): /i.ˈpa/
  • (initialism, rare) IPA(key): /i.ˈpe.a/

Noun

IPA

  1. acronym of ilmu pengetahuan alam.

See also

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English IPA.

Proper noun

IPA ?

  1. the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
    Synonym: AFI

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English IPA.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaj ˌpi ˈɛj/, /ˌi ˌpɛ ˈa/
  • Syllabification: I‧P‧A

Proper noun

IPA f (indeclinable)

  1. the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
    Synonym: MAF

Further reading

  • IPA in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Wikious
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