how to pronounce litre

/ˈliː.təɹ/

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the above transcription of litre is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

litre is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of litre pronunciation

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

“… 300 braid 2 litre 73 DST box in there I …”

meaning of litre

Litre is a metric unit of volume.

litre frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word litre occurs in english on average 5.1 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 litre 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 litre can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;