how to pronounce école

/e.kɔl/

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école is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of école in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… on a créé une école vous former des …”

meanings of école

noun:

School.

école frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word école occurs in french on average 170.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.