how to pronounce bijou

/bi.ʒu/

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bijou is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… petit bijou de technologie conçue par un …”

meanings of bijou

noun:

A piece of jewelry.

bijou frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word bijou occurs in french on average 11.6 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.