how to pronounce buddy

/ˈbʌdiː/

audio example by a male speaker

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the above transcription of buddy is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

buddy is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of buddy pronunciation

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

“… you know my college buddy josh gad so it …”

meaning of buddy

Buddy is a male name.

buddy frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word buddy occurs in english on average 19 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics buddy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that buddy can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;