how to pronounce petrol

/ˈpɛt.ɹəl/

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the above transcription of petrol is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

petrol is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… to find a petrol station da vinci made …”

meaning of petrol

Petrol is a type of fuel.

petrol frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word petrol occurs in english on average 23.7 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.

topics petrol 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 petrol can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;