how to pronounce carreau

/ka.ʁo/

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carreau is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… éleveurs sur le carreau endettés et un …”

meanings of carreau

noun:

Bolt (crossbow projectile).
Tile (compare with carrelage, meaning tiles or tiling).
A unit of land, 100 square pas (where a pas is 3.5 French feet or pieds): roughly 1.3 hectares or 3.2 acres.
Diamonds (card suit).
Square (as a geometrical shape).
Windowpane.
Plot, patch (of land, of cloth).

carreau frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word carreau occurs in french on average 2.8 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.