how to pronounce piège

/pjɛʒ/

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the above transcription of piège 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.

piège is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… une mauvaise personne le piège c'est que …”

meanings of piège

noun:

Trap, snare, booby trap.
Pitfall.

piège frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word piège occurs in french on average 18.7 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.