how to pronounce raccoon

/ɹækˈuːn/

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raccoon is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… the dog-sized raccoon-like animal is on …”

meanings of raccoon

noun:

Any mammal of the genus Procyon.
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.

raccoon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word raccoon occurs in english on average 0.1 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 raccoon 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 raccoon can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;