how to pronounce borne

/bɔʁn/

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borne is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… sociaux fixer d'ores et déjà une borne à …”

meanings of borne

noun:

Machine.
A kilometre.
Mark.
Bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area.
Territorial or geographical border.
Territorial boundary marker.
Limit of a list or of an interval.
Milestone such as those alongside a roadway.

borne frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word borne occurs in french on average 4.7 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.