how to pronounce cute

/ˈkjut/

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

“… thing LEED AP oh that's cute right now …”

meanings of cute

adjective:

Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.
Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.
Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute).
Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.

cute frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word cute occurs in english on average 107.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.