how to pronounce tail

/ˈtɛɪl/

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tail is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… started moving its tail a bit then and …”

meaning of tail

The tail is the part of an animal's body that extends from the end of the body to the anus.

tail frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word tail occurs in english on average 20.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tail 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 tail can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;