how to pronounce lacrosse

/ləˈkɹɑːs/

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the above transcription of lacrosse 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.

lacrosse is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… or sports like lacrosse that white men …”

meaning of lacrosse

Lacrosse is a sport played with a stick and a ball.

lacrosse frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lacrosse occurs in english on average 3.2 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 lacrosse 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 lacrosse can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;