how to pronounce hydrofoil

/ˈhaɪ.dɹə.fɔɪl/

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hydrofoil is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… parliament ending or hydrofoil attending …”

meanings of hydrofoil

noun:

A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
A vessel equipped with such a device.

hydrofoil frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hydrofoil occurs in english on average 0.1 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 hydrofoil 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 hydrofoil can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;