how to pronounce duke

/ˈduk/

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duke is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… inspired by their own duke of bedford …”

meaning of duke

Duke is a title given to a nobleman in some European countries.

duke frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word duke occurs in english on average 14 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.

topics duke 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 duke can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;