how to pronounce drowning

/ˈdɹaʊnɪŋ/

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drowning is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to swear off of drowning I had an eight …”

meanings of drowning

verb:

Present participle of drown.

noun:

An instance of a person or animal drowning.

drowning frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word drowning occurs in english on average 6.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.