how to pronounce jinx

/dʒɪŋks/

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jinx is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… desert jinx was recently found to be …”

meaning of jinx

Jinx is a superstition that says that if you say the word "jinx" three times, something bad will happen.

jinx frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word jinx 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 jinx 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 jinx can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;