how to pronounce trail

/tɹɛɪl/

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trail is pronounced in one syllable

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video examples of trail pronunciation

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

“… peak ups of the trail I'm not sure if …”

meaning of trail

A trail is a path or route that is followed by a person or animal.

trail frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word trail occurs in english on average 14 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics trail 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 trail can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

2) transport and travel;