how to pronounce elephants

/ˈɛləfənts/

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elephants is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… be elephants in Alabama come look at …”

meanings of elephants

noun:

Plural of elephant.

elephants frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word elephants occurs in english on average 5.2 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.