how to pronounce acetate

/ˈæs.ə.tɛɪt/

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acetate is pronounced in three syllables

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æsətɛɪt

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An example use of acetate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… pouring it over acetate and putting our …”

meanings of acetate

noun:

  1. A transparent sheet used for overlays.
  2. Cellulose acetate.
  3. Ellipsis of acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
  4. Any salt or ester of acetic acid.

acetate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word acetate occurs in english on average 1.5 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 acetate 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 acetate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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