kippah

English

Men wearing kippahs

Alternative forms

• kippa, kipah, kipa, kippoh

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כִּיפָּה (kipá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːpə/, /ˈkɪpə/, /kɪˈpɑː/
• Rhymes: -iːpə, -ɪpə, -ɑː
• Homophones: keeper (non-rhotic, /ˈkiːpə/ pronunciation), kipper (non-rhotic, /ˈkɪpə/ pronunciation)

Noun

kippah (plural kippahs or kippot or kippoth)

2. (Judaism, clothing) The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.
   • 2019 May 27, Jack Guy, “German newspaper prints cut-out kippah, urging readers to wear it in solidarity with Jews”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2023 November 21, Nicquel Terry Ellis, “The Israel-Hamas war is driving a surge in US hate crimes. These Jewish Americans say it’s changing the way they live”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Some Jewish Americans told CNN they are now hiding their kippahs, refusing to wear their Star of David necklaces and changing long-held traditions for religious holidays.

Synonyms

• yarmulke
• skullcap

Translations

skullcap

• Afrikaans: kippa, skedelmus
• Arabic: قُبَّة f (qubba), كِبَّة f (kibba)
• Armenian: թասակ (hy) (tʻasak), կիպա (kipa)
• Catalan: quipà f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡巴 (kǎbā)

• Czech: kipa f
• Danish: kalot c
• Dutch: keppel (nl) m
• Esperanto: kipao
• Finnish: kipa (fi)
• French: kippa (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kippa (de) f, Kippah (de) f
• Greek: σκούφος (el) m (skoúfos)
• Hebrew: כִּפָּה (he) f (kipá)
• Hungarian: kipa (hu), jarmulke, sábeszdekli (hu)
• Italian: kippah (it) f, kippà f, chippà f
• Japanese: キッパー (kippā), キッパ (kippa)
• Ladino: takya f, kipá f
• Polish: jarmułka (pl) f, kipa (pl) f, mycka (pl) f
• Portuguese: quipá (pt) m
• Russian: ермо́лка (ru) f (jermólka), кипа́ (ru) f (kipá)
• Spanish: kipá (es) f
• Swedish: kippa (sv) c
• Turkish: kipa (tr)
• Yiddish: יאַרמלקע f (yarmlke)

Italian

Alternative forms

• kippà
• chippà (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כיפה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kipˈpa/^°
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

kippah f (plural kippot or invariable)

1. kippah

Further reading

• kippah in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana