how to pronounce delicacy

/ˈdɛləkəsiː/

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delicacy is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… sun-dried tomatoes once a delicacy are a …”

meanings of delicacy

noun:

Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy.
Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
Frailty of health or fitness.
Refinement in taste or discrimination.
The quality of being delicate.

delicacy frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word delicacy 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 delicacy 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 delicacy can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;