how to pronounce soleil

/sɔ.lɛj/

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the above transcription of soleil 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.

soleil is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… envie de quelque chose pour un peu de soleil, alors je …”

meanings of soleil

noun:

Sun (star).

name:

The Sun.

soleil frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word soleil occurs in french on average 172.7 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.