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jpeg

UK/ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/

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Australia/ˈd͡ʒæɪ̯ˌpeɡ/

jpeg is the alternative letter-case form of JPEG.

Proper noun capitalized: JPEG

JPEG

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Joint Photographic Experts Group.
  2. Image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.
    • JPEG is widely used on the Web.

Noun capitalized: JPEG

JPEG (plural JPEGs)

  1. An image using the JFIF image file format, containing an image compressed using JPEG compression.
    • a JPEG of a cat
    • I'll send you some JPEGs tomorrow.

Verb capitalized: JPEG

JPEG (third-person singular simple present JPEGs or JPEG's, present participle JPEGing or JPEG'ing, simple past and past participle JPEGed or JPEG'd or JPEG'ed)

  1. To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.
  2. (broadly) To lossily compress an image file using the JPEG format with visible loss of quality.
    • That image has been JPEGged to hell.

Forms of jpeg

Noun
pluraljpegs
pluralJPEGs
Verb
third-person singular presentjpegs
present participlejpegging
present participlejpeging
past participlejpegged
pastjpegged
past participlejpeged
pastjpeged
past participlejpeg'd
pastjpeg'd
third-person singular presentJPEGs
third-person singular presentJPEG's
present participleJPEGing
present participleJPEG'ing
past participleJPEGed
pastJPEGed
past participleJPEG'd
pastJPEG'd
past participleJPEG'ed

Origin of jpeg

From Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee that created the standard.

Words formed from jpeg

Questions about jpeg

What does jpeg mean?
Jpeg means image compression standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group.
What is jpeg the alternative letter-case form of?
Jpeg is the alternative letter-case form of JPEG.
What part of speech is jpeg?
Jpeg can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce jpeg?
Jpeg is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒeɪˌpɛɡ/ (UK).

Words near jpeg in the dictionary

  1. JPAS
  2. JPBM
  3. JPDA
  4. JPDAs
  5. JPE
  6. jpeg
  7. jpeg'd
  8. jpeged
  9. jpegged
  10. jpegging
  11. jpeging

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jpeg (page history and authors); JPEG (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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