how to pronounce fissure

/ˈfɪʃ.əɹ/

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fissure is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… completely new fissure in the body …”

meanings of fissure

noun:

A crack or opening, as in a rock.
A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

verb:

To split, forming fissures.

fissure frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word fissure occurs in english on average 0.9 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 fissure 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 fissure can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) life, nature, and living environment;