how to pronounce mundane

/mənˈdɛɪn/

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mundane is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of mundane in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… by turning a mundane commoditized item …”

meanings of mundane

adjective:

Ordinary; not new.
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.

noun:

An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
A person not a Satanist.

mundane frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word mundane occurs in english on average 8.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.