how to pronounce feral

/ˈfɛɹ.əl/

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feral is pronounced in two syllables

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fɛɹəl

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

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meanings of feral

noun:

  1. A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.
  2. A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.
  3. A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro).
  4. A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

adjective:

  1. Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild.
  2. Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.

feral frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word feral occurs in english on average 1.2 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 feral 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 feral can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

3) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to feral

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words that rhyme with feral

peril

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