how to pronounce lavender

/ˈlævəndɚ/

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lavender is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… the lavender theater ghost is reagan …”

meanings of lavender

adjective:

Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.
Having a pale purple colour.
Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.

noun:

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
A pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

name:

A surname.
A female given name from English.

verb:

To decorate or perfume with lavender.

lavender frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word lavender occurs in english on average 9.9 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 lavender 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 lavender can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;