how to pronounce gripe

/ɡɹaɪp/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of gripe 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.

gripe is pronounced in one syllable

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of gripe

1. example pitch curve for pronunciation of gripe

test your pronunciation of gripe

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of gripe

video examples of gripe pronunciation

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

“… just a personal gripe supermarkets don't …”

meaning of gripe

Gripe means to complain about something.

gripe frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gripe occurs in english on average 0.4 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 gripe 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 gripe can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;