how to pronounce firmament

/ˈfɜː.mə.mənt/

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firmament is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… raised his eyes to the firmament and he …”

meanings of firmament

noun:

The act or process of making firm or strengthening.
A basis or foundation; a thing which lends strength or support.
The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
A piece of jewellery worn in a headdress with numerous gems resembling stars in the sky.
The field or sphere of an activity or interest.
The abode of God and the angels; heaven.
In the geocentric Ptolemaic system, the eighth celestial sphere which carried the fixed stars; (countable, by extension) any celestial sphere.

firmament frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word firmament occurs in english on average 0.5 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 firmament 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 firmament can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;