how to pronounce turtle

/ˈtɜː.təl/

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turtle is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… princess from a giant evil turtle but …”

meaning of turtle

A turtle is a reptile that lives in water and has a hard shell.

turtle frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word turtle occurs in english on average 2.6 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 turtle 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 turtle can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;