how to pronounce fray

/ˈfɹɛɪ/

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fray is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… gotten lost in the fray here the courts …”

meaning of fray

A friar is a member of a religious order of mendicant friars within the Catholic Church.

fray frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word fray occurs in english on average 2.8 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.