how to pronounce church

/tʃɜːtʃ/

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church is pronounced in one syllable

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ɜː

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

“… the church we might start Women's and …”

meaning of church

Church is a building where religious services are held.

church frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word church occurs in english on average 205.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.