how to pronounce chômage

/ʃo.maʒ/

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chômage is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… par là le halo du chômage etc et donc il …”

meanings of chômage

noun:

Idleness.
Unemployment.

chômage frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word chômage occurs in french on average 45.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.