how to pronounce étouffer

/e.tu.fe/

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étouffer is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… que la machine à étouffer et vérité qui …”

meanings of étouffer

verb:

To choke.
To stop, to inhibit, to prevent.

étouffer frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word étouffer occurs in french on average 7.3 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.