how to pronounce penser

/pɑ̃.se/

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penser is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… et puis il faut penser aussi qu'il y a …”

meanings of penser

verb:

To think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something.
To take care of.
To conceive a project.
To try or prepare to do something.
To intend to do something bad.
To believe being or doing something.
To intend to do, aim at doing something.
To estimate, imagine, believe.
To bear, keep something in mind, to consider something.
To be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts.
To be of the opinion that, believe.
To have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property.
To attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly.
To have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623).
To have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles.
To evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind.
To reflect on something.
To think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone.

penser frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word penser occurs in french on average 172.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.