how to pronounce rail

/ʁaj/

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the above transcription of rail 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.

rail is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… qu'on a fait avec le rail voilà et là on …”

meanings of rail

noun:

Rail.

rail frequency in french - C2+ level of CEFR

the word rail occurs in french on average 1.8 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.