how to pronounce festoon

/fɛsˈtuːn/

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festoon is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… remark festoon did you like those lights …”

meanings of festoon

noun:

Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.

verb:

To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
To make festoons.
To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.

festoon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word festoon occurs in english on average 0.2 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 festoon 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 festoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;