how to pronounce rien

/ʁjɛ̃/

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the above transcription of rien 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.

rien is pronounced in one syllable

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ɛ̃

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

“… et puis à la fin rien ne sera fait voilà …”

meanings of rien

pronoun:

Nothing.
Anything.

rien frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word rien occurs in french on average 890.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.