how to pronounce métro

/me.tʁo/

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métro is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… à lyon à la métro ils ont un programme …”

meanings of métro

noun:

Subway, underground, Tube.
Someone from metropolitan France.

métro frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word métro occurs in french on average 46.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.