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the above transcription of couverture is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.
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An example use of couverture in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:
“… exemple la première couverture de malus …”
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the word couverture occurs in french on average 59.9 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.