how to pronounce fléau

/fle.o/

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fléau is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… erreur et peut-être même un fléau de …”

meanings of fléau

noun:

A scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague.
A flail, either tool or weapon.
The beam of a mechanical balance.

fléau frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word fléau occurs in french on average 5.8 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.