how to pronounce breton

/bʁə.tɔ̃/

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the above transcription of breton is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

breton is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔ̃

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

“… la vérité breton dire de façon …”

meanings of breton

noun:

The Breton language.
Breton (inhabitant of Brittany).

adjective:

Breton (of or relating to Brittany, its language or people).

breton frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word breton occurs in french on average 9.6 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.