how to pronounce médisance

/me.di.zɑ̃s/

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médisance is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… islamophobie c'était la médisance donc …”

meanings of médisance

noun:

Scandal, scandalous gossip, malicious gossip.
Calumny, vilification, character assassination.
Rumormonger.

médisance frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word médisance occurs in french on average 0.8 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.