how to pronounce béguin

/be.ɡɛ̃/

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béguin is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of béguin

noun:

Crush, fancy (a short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation).
Crush (person with whom one is infatuated).
A type of headwear once popular with Beguines, similar to a bonnet.
Beghard, Beguin (religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines).

béguin frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word béguin occurs in french on average 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.