how to pronounce footfall

/ˈfʊtˌfɔːl/

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footfall is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… of the lack of footfall he prohibits our …”

meanings of footfall

noun:

Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
The sound made by a footstep.

footfall frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word footfall 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.

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

1) transport and travel;