how to pronounce sillage

/si.jaʒ/

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sillage is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… lectrices les éviter et sillage enfin je …”

meanings of sillage

noun:

The trail of scent left behind by one who wears perfume.
Wake (the path left behind a ship on the surface of the water).
Slipstream.

sillage frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word sillage occurs in french on average 4.5 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.