how to pronounce nursery

/ˈnɝsɚiː/

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the above transcription of nursery 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.

nursery is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… there's a nursery they're called the …”

meaning of nursery

Nursery is a room or building where children are cared for and educated.

nursery frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word nursery occurs in english on average 14.5 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.