how to pronounce colonel

/kɔ.lɔ.nɛl/

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colonel is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… un colonel malien qui me disait très …”

meanings of colonel

noun:

A colonel, highest commissioned officer below generals.
An ice cream dessert consisting of lemon sherbet and vodka.

colonel frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word colonel occurs in french on average 11.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.