how to pronounce aspen

/ˈæs.pən/

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aspen is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… house and some land in Aspen Colorado …”

meanings of aspen

adjective:

Tremulous, trembling.
Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.
Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

name:

A female given name from English of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree.
A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
A ski-resort town, the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado.

noun:

The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.
The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

aspen frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aspen occurs in english on average 0.6 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 aspen 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 aspen can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;