how to pronounce dengue

/ˈdɛnɡ/

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dengue is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… was called dengue fever …”

meanings of dengue

noun:

An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

dengue frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dengue occurs in english on average 0.5 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.