how to pronounce avoir

/a.vwaʁ/

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avoir is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… même si on peut y avoir bon bref de la …”

meanings of avoir

verb:

To have (to participate in an experience).
To have (to trick).
To have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs).
To have (a condition).
To have (to), must.
To have (to own; to possess).
To have (a measure or age).

noun:

Asset, possession.

avoir frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word avoir occurs in french on average 1064.5 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.