how to pronounce pious

/ˈpaɪəs/

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pious is pronounced in two syllables

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paɪəs

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

“… sad and pious solemnity and the other …”

meaning of pious

Pious means devoutly religious.

pious frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pious occurs in english on average 2.3 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 pious 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 pious can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to pious

pipesbiasprowessricespicepurposeviruspathosheightslights

words that rhyme with pious

bias

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