how to pronounce trinket

/ˈtɹɪŋ.kɪt/

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trinket is pronounced in two syllables

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tɹɪŋkɪt

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

“… catching trinket ceramics jewelry tray I …”

meanings of trinket

noun:

  1. A knife; a cutting tool.
  2. A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
  3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
  4. A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry.

verb:

  1. To give trinkets; to court favour.

trinket frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word trinket occurs in english on average 0.2 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 trinket 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 trinket can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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