how to pronounce pasteur

/pas.tœʁ/

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pasteur is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… prononcé par le pasteur martin luther …”

meanings of pasteur

noun:

Pastor, a title of Protestant ministers.
Shepherd.

name:

A surname.
Louis Pasteur, French biologist.

pasteur frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word pasteur occurs in french on average 9.1 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.