how to pronounce zeugma

/ˈzjuːɡ.mə/

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zeugma is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of zeugma

noun:

The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
Syllepsis.

zeugma frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word zeugma occurs in english on average 0.1 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 zeugma 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 zeugma can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;