how to pronounce marronnier

/ma.ʁɔ.nje/

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marronnier is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… souvent comme un marronnier les …”

meanings of marronnier

noun:

Old chestnut (A news item which, like chestnut fruits, tends to come back every year at the same time. Implies that the news is a fill-in, that might as well have been written in advance.).
Horse-chestnut tree.
Chestnut tree.

marronnier frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word marronnier occurs in french on average 1.2 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.