how to pronounce sinistre

/si.nistʁ/

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sinistre is pronounced in two syllables

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

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meanings of sinistre

adjective:

Scary.
Sinister, ominous.

noun:

Accident, incident.
Disaster.

sinistre frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word sinistre occurs in french on average 8.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.