how to pronounce cathedral

/kəˈθiː.dɹəl/

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cathedral is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… a terrible place for a Cathedral much as …”

meaning of cathedral

A cathedral is a building used for Christian worship.

cathedral frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word cathedral occurs in english on average 24.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.