IPA

Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet.
    • 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...
    • 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...

    Coordinate Terms: extIPA para-IPA

  2. Initialism of International Phonetic Association.

    Coordinate Terms: JIPA

  3. Initialism of International Police Association.

Noun

  1. Initialism of isopropyl alcohol.
  2. Initialism of isophthalic acid.
  3. Initialism of isopropyl acetate.
  4. Initialism of India pale ale.
    • 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? - 1998, Pete Slosberg, Beer for Pete's Sake: The Wicked Adventures of a Brewing Maverick, page 128:
  5. Transcription written in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
  6. An IPA file, or an iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, or tvOS app distributed via IPA files.

Forms

IPAs