how to pronounce penguin

/ˈpɛŋɡwən/

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penguin is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… like it's your house penguin it's like …”

meaning of penguin

A penguin is a flightless bird that lives in the Southern Hemisphere.

penguin frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word penguin occurs in english on average 6.9 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 penguin 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 penguin can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;