how to pronounce dépendre

/de.pɑ̃dʁ/

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dépendre is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… quoi je veux pas dépendre du bon vouloir …”

meanings of dépendre

verb:

To unhang.
To belong (to), be part (of).
To remove from a gallows.
To depend (rely on for support; to be contingent).

dépendre frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word dépendre occurs in french on average 3.2 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.