how to pronounce sty

/staɪ/

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sty is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… of mass near their sty making them quite …”

meanings of sty

noun:

A messy, dirty or debauched place.
A ladder.
A pen or enclosure for swine.
An inflammation of the eyelid.

verb:

To ascend, rise up, climb.
To place in, or as if in, a sty.
To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place.

sty frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sty 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.