hypo

Other forms of hypo

plural

hypoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypo

What does hypo mean?

hypo means "a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hypo?

hypo has 2 syllables: hy-po. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪpoʊ/.

What is another word for hypo?

Close synonyms include sodium thiosulphate, sodium thiosulfate, hypodermic syringe, hypodermic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypo a common word?

hypo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.