kippah

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kippah

/ˈkɪpə/ UK
/kɪˈpɑː/ UK
/ˈkɪpə/ US
/ˈkipə/ US
/kɪˈpɑ/ US
/kiˈpɑ/ US

Sounds like keeper (non-rhotic, /ˈkiːpə/ pronunciation), kipper (non-rhotic, /ˈkɪpə/ pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɪpə, -iːpə, -ɑː

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Borrowed from Hebrew כִּיפָּה (kipá).

noun kippahs · kippot · kippoth · kippa · kipah · kipa

Judaism The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews. In response, Germany’s most popular daily newspaper asked readers to wear the cut-out kippah as a mark of solidarity with the Jewish community, and even posted a video on its website showing how to make it.
Similar: Jewrag, skullcap, yarmulke

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noun skullcap

Español	kipá
日本語	キッパー kippā, キッパ kippa
中文	卡巴 kǎbā
Português	quipá
Français	kippa
Deutsch	Kippa, Kippah
Italiano	kippah, kippà, chippà
Ελληνικά	σκούφος skoúfos
Русский	ермо́лка jermólka, кипа́ kipá
العربية	قُبَّة qubba, كِبَّة kibba
עברית	כִּפָּה kipá

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@misc{kippah_2026,
  title = {kippah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kippah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}