how to pronounce childbirth
/ˈtʃaɪld.bɜːθ/
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childbirth is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of childbirth in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… likely to have died in childbirth so …”
meanings of childbirth
noun:
- The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.
childbirth frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word childbirth occurs in english on average 3.7 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.
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