how to pronounce germain

/ʒɛʁ.mɛ̃/

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germain is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… des étudiants de germain et le …”

meanings of germain

adjective:

Germanic, German.
German (having the same mother and father).

name:

A male given name.

noun:

German (someone from Germany).

germain frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word germain occurs in french on average 4.5 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.