how to pronounce umbrella

/əmˈbɹɛlə/

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umbrella is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… activity under one umbrella including …”

meaning of umbrella

Umbrella is a device that is used to protect from rain or sun.

umbrella frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word umbrella occurs in english on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) life, nature, and living environment;