how to pronounce betrayal

/bɪˈtɹɛɪ.əl/

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betrayal is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… seeing it as a betrayal now it could be …”

meanings of betrayal

noun:

The act of betraying.

betrayal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

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

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;