how to pronounce récupérer

/ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe/

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récupérer is pronounced in four syllables

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

“… un remède peut être de récupérer le sens …”

meanings of récupérer

verb:

To make up (e.g. time).
To reform, to rehabilitate.
To reclaim, to recover.
To get back, to recover, to recuperate.

récupérer frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word récupérer occurs in french on average 31.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.