how to pronounce civet

/ˈsɪvət/

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civet is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… farmed civet cats Chinese officials …”

meanings of civet

noun:

Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.
The musky perfume produced by the animal.
Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae.
A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.

civet frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word civet occurs in english on average 0.2 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.

topics civet 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 civet can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;