how to pronounce néant

/ne.ɑ̃/

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the above transcription of néant 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.

néant is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑ̃

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

“… en les réduisant à néant sans cesse et …”

meanings of néant

noun:

Nothingness, void, emptiness.

néant frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word néant occurs in french on average 11.8 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.