how to pronounce platoon

/pləˈtuːn/

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platoon is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… Russian platoon 1800s in Moscow and …”

meaning of platoon

A platoon is a military unit consisting of a headquarters and two or more squads.

platoon frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word platoon occurs in english on average 2.3 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 platoon 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 platoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;

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