how to pronounce melange

/ˈmɛləŋ/

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melange is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… it's been a brilliant melange of topics …”

meanings of melange

noun:

A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.

melange frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word melange occurs in english on average 0.8 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.