how to pronounce pluto

/ˈplutoʊ/

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pluto is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… were flying by Pluto completing our …”

meanings of pluto

name:

Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
Originally known as the ninth planet in the solar system but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet; the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object; represented by the symbol ♇ in astronomy and in astrology.

verb:

To demote or devalue something.

pluto frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pluto occurs in english on average 1.6 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 pluto 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 pluto can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;