how to pronounce façade

/fa.sad/

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façade is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… malgré le discours de façade qui était …”

meanings of façade

noun:

Façade (deceptive outward appearance).
Façade (of a building).

façade frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word façade occurs in french on average 9.8 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.