how to pronounce mineur

/mi.nœʁ/

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the above transcription of mineur is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

mineur is pronounced in two syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of mineur

minœʁ

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

“… dans la gorge du mineur donc je sais pas …”

meanings of mineur

noun:

  1. A miner.
  2. A minor (as defined by the age of majority).

adjective:

  1. Minor.

mineur frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word mineur occurs in french on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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