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IPA

Noun CEFR C2
ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ

Definitions

  1. Initialism of isopropyl alcohol.
  2. Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet.
  3. Initialism of International Phonetic Association.
  4. Initialism of isophthalic acid.
  5. Initialism of International Police Association.
  6. Initialism of isopropyl acetate.
  7. Initialism of India pale ale.
  8. Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
  9. An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files.

Equivalents

EspañolAFI
FrançaisAPIIPA
DeutschIPA
24 more languages
العربيةأصد
БеларускаяМФА
БългарскиМФА
BosanskiМФА
CatalàAFI
EsperantoIFA
GaeilgeAIF
GalegoAFI
HrvatskiМФА
ՀայերենՄՀԱ
ItalianoAFIIPA
KurdîIPAmaf
LatinaAPI
МакедонскиМФА
NederlandsIFA
PolskiIPAMAF
PortuguêsAFIIPA
RomânăAFI
РусскийМФА
СрпскиМФА
Svenskaⱸⱹꞛ
TürkçeUfa
УкраїнськаМФА

Examples

“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).”
“Those two proposals included a few retired and para-IPA letters, but consideration of historical and para-IPA modifiers was largely deferred until the IPA could more fully discuss⟳ the desired scope of such encoding through the newly established Alphabet, Charts and Fonts Committee. […] By ‘para-IPA,’ we mean⟳ symbols that are commonly used within IPA notation but that are not themselves part of the IPA alphabet.”
“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⟳?”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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