how to pronounce griffin

/ˈɡɹɪfɪn/

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griffin is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… you get Teague Griffin Teague weeping …”

meanings of griffin

name:

A city, the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States, named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.
A female given name.
A Welsh patronymic surname.
A male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.
A community in Saskatchewan.
A male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.
A town in Indiana; named for postmaster Samuel Griffin.
An unincorporated community in Missouri.
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland; named for a family of early settlers.
A former settlement in Illinois.
An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín.

noun:

A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
An English variety of apple.
A person who has just arrived from Europe.
A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

griffin frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word griffin occurs in english on average 10 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics griffin can be related to

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