how to pronounce canaries

/kəˈnɛɹiːz/

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canaries is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… the same time we need these Canaries as …”

meanings of canaries

name:

Nickname of Norwich City Football Club.
Canary Islands.

noun:

Plural of canary.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canary.

canaries frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word canaries occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.