how to pronounce hécatombe

/e.ka.tɔ̃b/

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hécatombe is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… une telle hécatombe est il différent …”

meanings of hécatombe

noun:

Mass destruction (destruction of a huge quantity of things).
Bloodbath.
Hecatomb (sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen).

hécatombe frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hécatombe occurs in french on average 1.6 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.