how to pronounce pygmy

/ˈpɪɡmiː/

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pygmy is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… first baby pygmy hippo it was one of the …”

meanings of pygmy

noun:

A member of a race of dwarfs.
A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.
Any dwarfish person or thing.
An insignificant person, at least in some respect.

adjective:

Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people.
Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind.

pygmy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pygmy occurs in english on average 0.3 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 pygmy 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 pygmy can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;