how to pronounce poitrine

/pwa.tʁin/

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poitrine is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… marque sur sa poitrine et que ça fait …”

meanings of poitrine

noun:

Chest (of body).
Breast (of body).
Breast (of poultry, as meat).

poitrine frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word poitrine occurs in french on average 20.1 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.