how to pronounce childbirth

/ˈtʃaɪld.bɜːθ/

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childbirth is pronounced in two syllables

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tʃaɪldbɜːθ

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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:

  1. 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.

words with pronunciation similar to childbirth

childhood

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