how to pronounce piranha

/pɪˈɹɑː.nə/

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piranha is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… boat on a piranha-infested Lake it's a …”

meaning of piranha

Piranha is a type of fish.

piranha frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word piranha 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.

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

1) life, nature, and living environment;