how to pronounce chiffon

/ˈʃɪf.ɒn/

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chiffon is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… i love the shop chiffon i should but …”

meanings of chiffon

noun:

A sheer silk or rayon fabric.
Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

chiffon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word chiffon occurs in english on average 1 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 chiffon 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 chiffon can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;