how to pronounce girlfriend

/ˈɡɜːl.fɹɛnd/

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the above transcription of girlfriend 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.

girlfriend is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of girlfriend

ɡɜːlfɹɛnd

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

“… again met his once girlfriend l mirror …”

meaning of girlfriend

Girlfriend is a female friend.

girlfriend frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word girlfriend occurs in english on average 11.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics girlfriend 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 girlfriend can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to girlfriend

boyfriend

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