how to pronounce humour

/ˈhjuː.məɹ/

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the above transcription of humour 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.

humour is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

uː

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

“… the bottom the sort of humour the …”

meaning of humour

Humor is a type of entertainment that is intended to provoke laughter.

humour frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word humour occurs in english on average 22.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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

1) life, nature, and living environment;