how to pronounce trivia

/ˈtɹɪviːə/

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trivia is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of trivia pronunciation

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

“… some interesting trivia about you I …”

meanings of trivia

noun:

Plural of trivium.
Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

name:

The goddess of crossroads.

trivia frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word trivia occurs in english on average 4.3 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 trivia 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 trivia can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) leisure and entertainment;