how to pronounce plantain

/plɑ̃.tɛ̃/

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plantain is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑ̃

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ɛ̃

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

“… la famille de plantain a joué un rôle de …”

meanings of plantain

noun:

Plantain (fruit of the genus Musa).
Plantain, any plant of genus Plantago.

plantain frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word plantain occurs in french on average 0.8 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.