how to pronounce oxygen

/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən/

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oxygen is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… a higher amount of oxygen than carbon …”

meaning of oxygen

Oxygen is a gas that is essential for life.

oxygen frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word oxygen occurs in english on average 19 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.