how to pronounce twinkle

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

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twinkle is pronounced in two syllables

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twɪŋkəl

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

“… a lustful twinkle in his father's eye so …”

meaning of twinkle

Twinkle means to shine with a small, faint light.

twinkle frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word twinkle occurs in english on average 1.9 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 twinkle 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 twinkle can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;

words with pronunciation similar to twinkle

winkletinkletwiddlecrinklewinkertinkerticklewrinkletingletrickle

words that rhyme with twinkle

sprinklewinkleperiwinklecrinklewrinkle

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