how to pronounce maintenance

/mɛ̃t.nɑ̃s/

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maintenance is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɛ̃

2.

ɑ̃

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

“… décembre c'était 25 maintenance et 18 % …”

meanings of maintenance

noun:

Maintenance.

maintenance frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word maintenance 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.