how to pronounce motorcycle

/ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/

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motorcycle is pronounced in four syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of motorcycle

moʊtɚsaɪkəl

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

“… my debts that pay up my motorcycle pay …”

meanings of motorcycle

noun:

  1. An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

verb:

  1. To ride a motorcycle.

motorcycle frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word motorcycle occurs in english on average 7.9 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 motorcycle 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 motorcycle can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

words with pronunciation similar to motorcycle

motorcyclesmotorbike

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