how to pronounce pestilence

/ˈpɛs.tɪ.ləns/

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pestilence is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… mortality rate pestilence was so bad the …”

meanings of pestilence

noun:

Anything harmful to morals or public order.
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

name:

The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.

pestilence frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pestilence occurs in english on average 0.5 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.