how to pronounce curiosity

/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ə.ti/

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the above transcription of curiosity is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

curiosity is pronounced in five syllables

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

“… is probably curiosity creativity and …”

meaning of curiosity

Curiosity is a feeling of interest and eagerness to learn about something.

curiosity frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word curiosity occurs in english on average 11.6 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.

topics curiosity 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 curiosity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;