how to pronounce butterfly

/ˈbʌtɚfˌlaɪ/

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butterfly is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… it gives a little like a butterfly style …”

meaning of butterfly

A butterfly is a type of insect with a wing structure that can be folded like a fan when at rest.

butterfly frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word butterfly occurs in english on average 21.8 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.