how to pronounce vanilla

/vəˈnɪlə/

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the above transcription of vanilla is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

vanilla is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… or ice cube root vanilla ice or some …”

meaning of vanilla

Vanilla is a type of flavoring made from the seeds of orchids.

vanilla frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word vanilla occurs in english on average 44 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) food and health;