how to pronounce bagne

/baɲ/

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bagne is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of bagne

noun:

Penal colony; prison where prisonners are forced to labour.

bagne frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bagne occurs in french on average 1.1 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.