how to pronounce misérable

/mi.ze.ʁabl/

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misérable is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… sont pas misérable de soutenir …”

meanings of misérable

adjective:

Seedy, shabby.
Feeble, paltry, measly.
Destitute, impoverished.
Wretched, pitiful.

noun:

Wretch, scoundrel.
A Belgian French pastry of vanilla butter-cream and tender almond biscuit layers.

misérable frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word misérable occurs in french on average 5.4 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.