how to pronounce réprimer

/ʁe.pʁi.me/

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réprimer is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… ultralibérale épique à réprimer comme un …”

meanings of réprimer

verb:

To repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out).
To hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something).
To cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime).
To suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong).
To repress, stifle (prevent the growth of).

réprimer frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word réprimer occurs in french on average 4.1 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.