how to pronounce saboteur

/ˌsæb.əˈtɜːɹ/

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saboteur is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… there is a hunt saboteur where is it it …”

meanings of saboteur

noun:

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of his/her enemy.

saboteur frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word saboteur occurs in english on average 0.3 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 saboteur 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 saboteur can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;