how to pronounce chamois

/ˈʃæm.wɑː/

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chamois is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… red and chamois flavoured delights …”

meanings of chamois

noun:

A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
An absorbent cloth used for cleaning and polishing, formerly made of chamois leather.
The traditional colour of chamois leather.
Usually as chamois leather: soft pliable leather originally made from the skin of chamois (nowadays the hides of deer, sheep, and other species of goat are alternatively used).

adjective:

Chamois-colored.

verb:

To clean with a chamois leather cloth.

chamois frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chamois occurs in english on average 0.5 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 chamois 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 chamois can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;