how to pronounce butoir

/by.twaʁ/

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butoir is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… date butoir vraiment mais je peux vous …”

meanings of butoir

noun:

Buffer (of railway).
Toeboard, oche.
Doorstop, doorstopper.

butoir frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word butoir occurs in french on average 1.1 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.