how to pronounce barreau

/ba.ʁo/

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barreau is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… ça met du barreau de paris donc à …”

meanings of barreau

noun:

Rung (of ladder).
Metal bar (of a jail cell, cage etc.).
Bar (profession of lawyers).
Spindle (of chair).
Bar (place where the participants in a trial stand).

barreau frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word barreau occurs in french on average 3.5 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.