how to pronounce frapper

/fʁa.pe/

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frapper is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… le rouble et de frapper le dollar et …”

meanings of frapper

verb:

To bang (to get attention).
To shake.
To hit, to strike, to bash.
To knock (e.g. on a door).
To beat time (as a conductor).
To hit (to be affected by a punishment).
To strike.
To strike down.
To strike (a chord).

frapper frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word frapper occurs in french on average 14.2 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.