how to pronounce terroir

/tɛ.ʁwaʁ/

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terroir is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… territoire et dans le terroir du sol …”

meanings of terroir

noun:

Land, landscape, country.
Soil.

terroir frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word terroir occurs in french on average 5.4 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.