how to pronounce pedestrian
/pəˈdɛstɹiːən/
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the above transcription of pedestrian 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.
pedestrian is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of pedestrian in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… the historic sites a pedestrian might …”
meaning of pedestrian
Pedestrian means a person who walks on foot.
pedestrian frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word pedestrian occurs in english on average 4.6 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 pedestrian 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 pedestrian can be often used in the following areas:
1) people, society, and culture;
2) transport and travel;
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