how to pronounce port

/pɔʁ/

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port is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… ce qui se passe au port de aux portes de …”

meanings of port

noun:

Postage.
Transport.
Wearing (act of wearing something).
Refuge.
Port, harbour.
Stature, way of carrying oneself.
Port, harbour city.

port frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word port occurs in french on average 44.1 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.