how to pronounce billionaire

/ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛəɹ/

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billionaire is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… the guy's a billionaire but he chose not …”

meanings of billionaire

noun:

Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion (10^9) dollars, or other currency.

billionaire frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word billionaire 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.