how to pronounce cocktail

/ˈkɒk.tɛɪl/

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cocktail is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… the pipes contain a cocktail of highly …”

meanings of cocktail

noun:

A mixture of other substances or things.
A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
A mixed alcoholic beverage.
A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

verb:

To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
To treat (a person) to cocktails.

adjective:

Ostentatiously lacking in manners.

cocktail frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word cocktail occurs in english on average 7.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.