how to pronounce bureau

/by.ʁo/

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bureau is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… comme ça de mon bureau de mon pupitre il …”

meanings of bureau

noun:

Office (room).
Frieze (coarse woolen cloth).
The staff of an office.
Ticket office.
Desk.
Office; an administrative unit.

bureau frequency in french - A2 level of CEFR

the word bureau occurs in french on average 88.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.