how to pronounce village

/ˈvɪlədʒ/

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village is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… called it sleepy village he could have …”

meaning of village

A village is a small community of people who live together.

village frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word village occurs in english on average 47.5 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.