how to pronounce elizabethan

/əˌlɪzəˈbiːθən/

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elizabethan is pronounced in five syllables

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əlɪzəbθən

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

“… chicken Elizabethan butter sauce a …”

meanings of elizabethan

adjective:

  1. Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603).

noun:

  1. A person who lived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first.

elizabethan frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word elizabethan occurs in english on average 4 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.

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