how to pronounce ours

/uʁs/

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the above transcription of ours 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.

ours is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… ferme france c'est un ours est majeur et …”

meanings of ours

noun:

Masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff).
Bear (animal).

ours frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word ours occurs in french on average 23.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.