how to pronounce populaire

/pɔ.py.lɛʁ/

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populaire is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… c'est une idée très populaire y a pas …”

meanings of populaire

adjective:

Popular (relating to the people), working-class.
Colloquial.
Popular (liked by many people).
People's, as in People's Republic of China (in French: République Populaire de Chine).

noun:

Populace, the people.

populaire frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word populaire occurs in french on average 68.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.