how to pronounce effigy

/ˈɛf.ɪ.dʒi/

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effigy is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… in effigy in the garden and it's quite …”

meanings of effigy

noun:

A likeness of a person.
A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

effigy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word effigy occurs in english on average 0.9 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 effigy 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 effigy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;