how to pronounce médaillon

/me.da.jɔ̃/

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médaillon is pronounced in three syllables

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medajɔ̃

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

“… s'était jetée sur un petit médaillon je …”

meanings of médaillon

noun:

  1. Medallion (large decorative medal).
  2. Medallion.
  3. Medallion (cut of meat).

médaillon frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word médaillon occurs in french on average 0.9 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.

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