how to pronounce prude

/pɹuːd/

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prude is pronounced in one syllable

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uː

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

“… opposition that was the prude in which …”

meaning of prude

Prude means someone who is overly concerned with what is considered to be proper or socially acceptable.

prude frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word prude occurs in english on average 0.2 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 prude 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 prude can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;