how to pronounce fief

/ˈfiːf.dəm/

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fief is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… their home and help the fief to empty …”

meanings of fief

noun:

An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.
Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
An estate held by a person on condition of providing military service to a superior.

fief frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fief occurs in english on average 0.7 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 fief 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 fief can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;