how to pronounce amphetamine

/æmˈfɛt.ə.miːn/

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amphetamine is pronounced in four syllables

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æmfɛtəmn

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

“… rather with amphetamines amphetamine use …”

meanings of amphetamine

noun:

  1. A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.
  2. Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
  3. The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
  4. Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.

amphetamine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word amphetamine occurs in english on average 0.5 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.

words with pronunciation similar to amphetamine

melamine

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