how to pronounce département

/de.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃/

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département is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… aux parts dans le département et hors du …”

meanings of département

noun:

Département.
Department.

département frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word département occurs in french on average 35.6 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.