how to pronounce bard

/bɑːd/

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bard is pronounced in one syllable

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ɑː

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

“… Shakespeare and bard which uses …”

meaning of bard

Bard is a person who composes and sings poetry, especially in the Middle Ages.

bard frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bard occurs in english on average 1.3 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 bard 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 bard can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;