how to pronounce grandfather

/ˈɡɹændˌfɑːðɚ/

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the above transcription of grandfather is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

grandfather is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of grandfather pronunciation

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

“… concerned as now a grandfather because …”

meaning of grandfather

Grandfather is a male name.

grandfather frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word grandfather occurs in english on average 19.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;