how to pronounce twinkle

/ˈtwɪŋkəl/

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twinkle is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… twinkle twinkle little star and so yeah …”

meaning of twinkle

Twinkle means to shine with a small, faint light.

twinkle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word twinkle occurs in english on average 2.8 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 twinkle 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 twinkle can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;