how to pronounce pourrir

/pu.ʁiʁ/

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pourrir is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… descend très bas pour pourrir des fois …”

meanings of pourrir

verb:

To rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble.
To waste away from a disease such as gangrene.

pourrir frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word pourrir occurs in french on average 4.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.