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Meaning of JIPA | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈdʒaɪpə/

Definitions

Initialism of Journal of the International Phonetic Association.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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