how to pronounce helicopters

/ˈhɛlɪˌkɑːptɚz/

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helicopters is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… own plane he said helicopters don't fly …”

meanings of helicopters

noun:

Plural of helicopter.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of helicopter.

helicopters frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word helicopters occurs in english on average 2.5 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 helicopters 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 helicopters can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;