how to pronounce knight

/ˈnaɪt/

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knight is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… a century later an angry knight would …”

meaning of knight

A knight is a person who is a member of the military class in the Middle Ages.

knight frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word knight occurs in english on average 13.3 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.