how to pronounce kudos

/ˈkudoʊs/

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kudos is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… working on paying it down kudos to you …”

meanings of kudos

noun:

Credit for one's achievements.
Praise; accolades.
Plural of kudo Note that 'kudo' is itself a backformation from kudos under the (mistaken) idea that kudos, because it ends in the letter 's', is a plural.

kudos frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word kudos occurs in english on average 4.5 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 kudos 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 kudos can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;