how to pronounce sickness

/ˈsɪknəs/

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the above transcription of sickness 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.

sickness is pronounced in two syllables

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sɪknəs

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

“… i was sick and the sickness was a …”

meaning of sickness

Sickness is a condition of being unwell or having a disease.

sickness frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word sickness occurs in english on average 9.6 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.

words that rhyme with sickness

thicknesshomesicknessquicknesslikeness

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