how to pronounce tournesol

/tuʁ.nə.sɔl/

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tournesol is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… colza ou de tournesol pour pour le …”

meanings of tournesol

noun:

Litmus.
Sunflower.
Heliotrope.

tournesol frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word tournesol occurs in french on average 5.6 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.