how to pronounce rainfall

/ˈɹɛɪn.fɔːl/

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rainfall is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… period of rainfall and extensive …”

meanings of rainfall

noun:

The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion.
The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.

rainfall frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word rainfall occurs in english on average 4.1 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 rainfall 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 rainfall can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;