how to pronounce monsoon

/mɒnˈsuːn/

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monsoon is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's from monsoon and it's 99 pounds so …”

meaning of monsoon

Monsoon is a seasonal wind in the tropics and subtropics that reverses the usual direction of prevailing winds and brings heavy rains.

monsoon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word monsoon occurs in english on average 1.5 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 monsoon 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 monsoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;