ippon
French, noun/i.pɔn/
ippon is spelled I-P-P-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ippon is a French masculine noun meaning “ippon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Score le plus élevé qu'un combattant puisse obtenir lors d'une compétition d'arts martiaux japonais (10…”.
What does ippon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineippon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Score le plus élevé qu'un combattant puisse obtenir lors d'une compétition d'arts martiaux japonais (10 points). 2. Situation où l’adversaire tombe largement sur le dos (plus de la moitié) avec force, vitesse et contrôle, ou situation où l’adversaire est immobilisé 20 secondes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ippon
- ippons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ippon?
- /i.pɔn/
- /i.pɔ̃n/
- \i.pɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ippon in French?
ippon appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).