how to pronounce cafard

/ka.faʁ/

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cafard is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… ça me foutait le cafard ouais vraiment …”

meanings of cafard

noun:

Tattletale, informant, rat.
Depression, melancholy.
Cockroach.
Hypocrite.

cafard frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cafard occurs in french on average 1.9 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.