how to pronounce clown

/klaʊn/

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clown is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… being funny and it was like a clown move …”

meaning of clown

A clown is a person who entertains people by making them laugh.

clown frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word clown occurs in english on average 3.9 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 clown 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 clown can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;