how to pronounce specialty

/ˈspɛʃəltiː/

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specialty is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… delivered specialty cupcakes to our …”

meanings of specialty

noun:

A particular or peculiar case.
A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
Particularity.
That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent.

specialty frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word specialty occurs in english on average 7.4 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 specialty 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 specialty can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;