how to pronounce calories

/ˈkælɔːˌɹiːz/

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calories is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… from about 2,200 calories per person per …”

meanings of calories

noun:

Plural of calorie.
Plural of calory.

calories frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word calories occurs in english on average 22.7 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 calories 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 calories can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;