how to pronounce temple

/ˈtɛmpəl/

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temple is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Europe or or a temple in Greece and yet …”

meaning of temple

A temple is a building or complex of buildings used for religious worship.

temple frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word temple occurs in english on average 29.3 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 temple 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 temple can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;