how to pronounce odyssey

/ˈɑːdəsiː/

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odyssey is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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

“… an odyssey and I started to read the …”

meanings of odyssey

noun:

An extended adventurous voyage.
An intellectual or spiritual quest.

name:

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

odyssey frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word odyssey 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 odyssey 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 odyssey can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;