"IPA" meaning in English

See IPA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/, [ˌaɪ.pʰiːˈeɪ] Audio: en-us-IPA.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IPA
  1. Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Phonetic Alphabet Categories (topical): Organizations Translations (International Phonetic Alphabet): IFA (Afrikaans), أصد (Arabic), ՄՀԱ (MHA) (Armenian), AFI (Asturian), ХАФӘ (XAFƏ) (Bashkir), IPA (Basque), МФА (narkomawka) (Belarusian), МФА (tarashkevica) (Belarusian), LFE (Breton), МФА (MFA) (Bulgarian), AFI (Catalan), MFA (Czech), IFA (Dutch), IKS (Dutch Low Saxon), IFA (Dutch Low Saxon), IFA (Esperanto), IPA (Finnish), API (French), AFI (Galician), IPA (German), ΔΦΑ (DFA) (Greek), अधव (adhav) (Hindi), अ॰ध॰व॰ (a.dha.va.) (Hindi), AIF (Irish), AFI (Italian), IPA (Italian), API (Latin), SFA (Latvian), TFA (Lithuanian), МФА (MFA) (Macedonian), AFA (Malay), ASE (Manx), API (Norman), AFI (Occitan), ايي پي اې (ayi-pî-aê) (Pashto), آیپیآ (ây-pi-â) (Persian), IPA [feminine] (Polish), MAF [masculine] (Polish), AFI (Portuguese), AFI (Romanian), МФА (MFA) (Russian), IPA (Scots), AEF (Scottish Gaelic), МФА [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), MFA [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), AFN (Sicilian), MAF (Silesian), MFA (Slovak), MFA (Slovene), AFI (Spanish), АФБ (AFB) (Tajik), UFA (Turkish), МФА (MFA) (Ukrainian), Mfa [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), LFB (Volapük), AFE (Walloon), GSR (Welsh), YFA (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-name-RuPm~l07 Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 10 10 12 12 3 12 17 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 7 13 13 4 11 19 4 Disambiguation of 'International Phonetic Alphabet': 82 12 6
  2. Initialism of International Phonetic Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Phonetic Association
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-name-AtidFikt Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. Initialism of International Police Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: International Police Association
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-name-W~Qe6kNN Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: IPAlph [IPA], IPAss (english: International Phonetic Association)

Noun

IPA: /ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/, [ˌaɪ.pʰiːˈeɪ] Audio: en-us-IPA.ogg [US] Forms: IPAs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IPA (countable and uncountable, plural IPAs)
  1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isopropyl alcohol. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: isopropyl alcohol Categories (topical): Organic compounds, Organizations
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun-w0fHwsPD Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 10 10 12 12 3 12 17 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 7 13 13 4 11 19 4 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isophthalic acid. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: isophthalic acid Categories (topical): Organic compounds, Organizations
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun-IjIrapv0 Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 10 10 12 12 3 12 17 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 7 13 13 4 11 19 4 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Initialism of isopropyl acetate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: isopropyl acetate Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun-TH1uXq-Q Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  4. (beer, countable) Initialism of India pale ale. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: India pale ale Categories (topical): Beer, Organizations
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun-wzh5YILx Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 10 10 12 12 3 12 17 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 7 13 13 4 11 19 4 Topics: beer, beverages, food, lifestyle
  5. Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun--5m2hhQE Disambiguation of Organizations: 20 10 10 12 12 3 12 17 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 7 13 13 4 11 19 4
  6. An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-IPA-en-noun-3bxU5AaT

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for IPA meaning in English (15.5kB)

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        "en:Beer"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128",
          "text": "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?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of India pale ale."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beer",
          "beer"
        ],
        [
          "India pale ale",
          "India pale ale#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(beer, countable) Initialism of India pale ale."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "beer",
        "beverages",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌaɪ.pʰiːˈeɪ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-IPA.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/En-us-IPA.ogg/En-us-IPA.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/En-us-IPA.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "IPA"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": MFA vs. narkomawka",
  "path": [
    "IPA"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "IPA",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": MFA vs. tarashkevica",
  "path": [
    "IPA"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "IPA",
  "trace": ""
}

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