Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

countries

/ˈkʌntɹiz/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.13 in modern English

Syllables: coun-tries
IPA: /ˈkʌntɹiz/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of country.

Example Sentences

"But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short."

Questions

How do you pronounce countries?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌntɹiz/.
What does countries mean?: plural of country.

How to pronounce countries

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