how to pronounce firefighter

/ˈfaɪɹˌfaɪtɚ/

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firefighter is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… couple a firefighter and a teacher with …”

meanings of firefighter

noun:

A person who puts out fires.

firefighter frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word firefighter occurs in english on average 1.7 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 firefighter 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 firefighter can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;