how to pronounce crocodile

/ˈkɹɑːkəˌdaɪl/

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crocodile is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… is like a crocodile literally like a …”

meaning of crocodile

A crocodile is a large, semiaquatic reptile of the order Crocodilia.

crocodile frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word crocodile occurs in english on average 1.9 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 crocodile 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 crocodile can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;