how to pronounce girouette

/ʒi.ʁwɛt/

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girouette is pronounced in two syllables

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ʒiʁwɛt

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

“… comme une girouette soit comme un sacré …”

meanings of girouette

noun:

  1. Weathercock, weather vane.
  2. A fickle person.

girouette frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word girouette occurs in french on average 0.9 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.

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