how to pronounce paître

/pɛtʁ/

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paître is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… les envoyer paître no pasaran je lui …”

meanings of paître

verb:

To graze.

paître frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word paître occurs in french on average 1.1 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.