how to pronounce zephyr

/ˈzɛf.əɹ/

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zephyr is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… like powder and Zephyr Liautaud decided …”

meaning of zephyr

Zephyr is a gentle, warm, west wind.

zephyr frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word zephyr occurs in english on average 0.4 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 zephyr 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 zephyr can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;