how to pronounce friand

/fʁi.jɑ̃/

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friand is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… dont il est friand le saumon qu'il n'a …”

meanings of friand

adjective:

Delicious, tasty.
Cultured, having good taste.

noun:

Friand (a sausage wrapped in puff pastry).

friand frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word friand occurs in french on average 1.3 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.