how to pronounce poil

/pwal/

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poil is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… mark e ils ont un poil dans la main oui …”

meanings of poil

noun:

Hair (on the body).
Bristle (on a brush).

poil frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word poil occurs in french on average 23.9 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.