how to pronounce mortal

/ˈmɔː.təl/

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mortal is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's like well mortal what do we do now …”

meaning of mortal

Mortal means a person who is alive and has a limited life span.

mortal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word mortal occurs in english on average 4.9 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 mortal 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 mortal can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;