how to pronounce flak

/flæk/

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the above transcription of flak is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

flak is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… millimeter and the air flak 38 cannons …”

meaning of flak

Flak is a type of anti-aircraft fire.

flak frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word flak occurs in english on average 1.9 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 flak 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 flak can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;