how to pronounce kindergarten

/ˈkɪn.dəˌɡɑː.tən/

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kindergarten is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… a kindergarten teacher she used her own …”

meanings of kindergarten

noun:

An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school.
The elementary school grade before first grade.
The two levels between nursery and prep; the second and third years of preschool.

kindergarten frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

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

1) leisure and entertainment;