how to pronounce frontal

/ˈfɹʌn.təl/

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frontal is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… his army into a direct frontal attack …”

meanings of frontal

adjective:

Of, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
Of or relating to a weather front.
Of or relating to the frontal plane.
Of or relating to the forehead or frontal bone.

noun:

The façade of a building.
Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
A drapery covering the front of an altar.

frontal frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word frontal 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 frontal 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 frontal can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;