how to pronounce butte

/byt/

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butte is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… encore en butte et meurtri mon travail …”

meanings of butte

noun:

Small hill, mound, hillock; knoll.
Heap.

butte frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word butte occurs in french on average 3.6 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.