how to pronounce asteroid

/ˈæs.təɹ.ɔɪd/

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asteroid is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… extinct by such an asteroid impact 65 …”

meanings of asteroid

noun:

Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.
A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and is not a comet, that orbits a star.
In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter.

asteroid frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word asteroid occurs in english on average 0.4 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.