How to pronounce parka
American English pronunciation
PAR-kuh
- IPA
- /ˈpɑɹkə/
- Syllables
- PAR · kuh (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What parka means
A long jacket with a hood that keeps out wind and rain
In a sentence: Mateo zipped up his parka before going out to shovel snow.
Where it comes from: It came into English in 1780 by way of Russian. Before that, it perhaps came from a language spoken in the far north.
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