kippah

noun

kip·​pah ˈkē-pə How to pronounce kippah (audio)
variants or kippa
plural kippahs or kippas or kippot ˌkē-ˈpōt How to pronounce kippah (audio)
: yarmulke
Goldberg attends a Conservative synagogue and one of her three children wears a kippah.—Molly Boigon

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One of the boys spun the kippah to the blond boy. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 The wife quietly told her husband to hide his kippah under his hat. — Arielle Kaden, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026 One was standing beside a bus stop, putting on his kippah, when a man shoved him against a sign and repeatedly stabbed him. — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026 Surveillance camera footage showed a man beside a bus stop donning a kippah, or traditional skullcap, before a passerby with a knife lunges at him. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kippah

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Mishnaic Hebrew kippāh "arch, dome, yarmulke"

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kippah was in 1960

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“Kippah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kippah. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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