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kippa

French, noun/ki.pa/

kippa is spelled K-I-P-P-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kippa is a French feminine noun meaning “kippah, skullcap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs”.

What does kippa mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininekippah, skullcap

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Couvre-chef religieux des Juifs.

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 kippa

  • kippas plural
  • kipa

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kippa?

  • /ki.pa/
  • \ki.pa\
  • [ki.pa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to kippa

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is kippa in French?

kippa appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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