how to pronounce plier

/pli.je/

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plier is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… ça mais dont plier le temps d'adaptation …”

meanings of plier

verb:

To bend.
To kill, kill off (a game).
To fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding).
To fold up.
To mess up; to do in; to damage.

plier frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word plier occurs in french on average 11.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.