how to pronounce adolescent

/a.dɔ.lɛ.sɑ̃/

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the above transcription of adolescent is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

adolescent is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… faire en sorte qu'un un adolescent un …”

meanings of adolescent

adjective:

Adolescent.

noun:

Adolescent.

adolescent frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word adolescent occurs in french on average 13.5 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.