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JPEG¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈd͡ʒeˌpɛɡ/ Scotland
  • /ˈd͡ʒeːˌpɛɡ/ India

Rhymes with -eɪpɛɡ

Where it comes from

From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard.

proper noun jpeg

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group
  2. Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG is widely used on the Web.

noun JPEGs · jpeg

  1. An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression. a JPEG of a cat

verb JPEGs · JPEG's · JPEGing · JPEG'ing · JPEGed

  1. To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.
  2. broadly To lossily compress an image file using the JPEG format with visible loss of quality. That image has been JPEGged to hell.

jpeg²

noun jpegs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of JPEG

verb jpegs · jpegging · jpeging · jpegged · jpeged

  1. Alternative letter-case form of JPEG

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gif, image, ls, lossless, .jpg, jbig, mpeg, heif, exif, heic, jeep, hevc, jmap, jipmer, jpbm, poji

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"jpeg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jpeg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

jpeg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jpeg

Chicago

"jpeg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jpeg.

BibTeX
@misc{jpeg_2026,
  title = {jpeg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jpeg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}