how to pronounce betty

/ˈbɛtiː/

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betty is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of betty in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… like a choral village Betty harder is …”

meanings of betty

noun:

An attractive woman; a babe.
A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.

name:

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.

betty frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word betty occurs in english on average 13.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.