how to pronounce illegitimate
/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/
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illegitimate is pronounced in five syllables
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An example use of illegitimate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… so was Jimmy an illegitimate child well …”
meaning of illegitimate
Illegitimate means not legally recognized as a child's parent.
illegitimate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word illegitimate occurs in english on average 3.7 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 illegitimate 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 illegitimate can be often used in the following areas:
1) life, nature, and living environment;
2) people, society, and culture;
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