how to pronounce pier

/pɪəɹ/

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the above transcription of pier 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.

pier is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… the labor pier George Falks Lord Foulkes …”

meaning of pier

Pier is a type of structure that extends over water.

pier frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pier occurs in english on average 5.6 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 pier 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 pier can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;