how to pronounce humus

/ˈhjuː.məs/

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humus is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… sled speaker and and and humus complete findesk …”

meanings of humus

noun:

  1. A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.
  2. Alternative spelling of hummus.

humus frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word humus occurs in english on average 0.5 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 humus 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 humus can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to humus

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