how to pronounce temptress

/ˈtɛmptɹɪs/

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temptress is pronounced in two syllables

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tɛmptɹɪs

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

“… the woman as temptress with less …”

meanings of temptress

noun:

  1. A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
  2. An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.

temptress frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word temptress occurs in english on average 0.4 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 temptress 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 temptress can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

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