how to pronounce médecin

/mɛd.sɛ̃/

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médecin is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… à dire que le médecin n'est pas sous la …”

meanings of médecin

noun:

Medic; doctor.

médecin frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word médecin occurs in french on average 51.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.