how to pronounce nocturnal

/nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/

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nocturnal is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… however rats are nocturnal and mongooses …”

meaning of nocturnal

Nocturnal means active during the night.

nocturnal frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word nocturnal occurs in english on average 2.4 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 nocturnal 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 nocturnal can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;