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IPA

[i-pe-a]

name

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. initialism of Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet
  2. International Phonetic Alphabet
  3. This is a set of symbols used to represent the sounds of spoken languages.
Examples

Das IPA wird in der Sprachwissenschaft verwendet.

The IPA is used in linguistics.

Lerne das IPA, um die Aussprache besser zu verstehen.

Learn the IPA to understand the pronunciation better.

Pronunciationi-pe-a

Part of speechname

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Usage noteThis is the German abbreviation for Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.