pipette
/paɪˈpɛt/noun, verb
pipette is spelled P-I-P-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pipette means “A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pipette is pipettes.
How many letters and syllables are in pipette?
| Letters | 7: P-I-P-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pipette?
Pipette appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pipette?
- UK /pɪˈpɛt/
- US /paɪˈpɛt/
Pipette has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pipette.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Tesco250-pipette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pipette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pipette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pipette
- pipettes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pipet US
- pipetting participle, present
- pipetted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pipette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid.
verb
- 1
To transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pipette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pipette come from?
From French pipette, from pipe + -ette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).