how to pronounce piétiner

/pje.ti.ne/

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the above transcription of piétiner 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.

piétiner is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… ministre qui pour nous piétiner les …”

meanings of piétiner

verb:

  1. To stamp (make loud sounds by stepping).
  2. To trample (underfoot).
  3. To shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty).
  4. To make no headway, to go into a dead end.

piétiner frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word piétiner occurs in french on average 1.6 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.

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