how to pronounce prison

/pʁi.zɔ̃/

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the above transcription of prison is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

prison is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… délit par an de prison il est interdit …”

meanings of prison

noun:

Prison.

prison frequency in french - A2 level of CEFR

the word prison occurs in french on average 70.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.