how to pronounce travers

/tʁa.vɛʁ/

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travers is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… donnent les médias à travers eux et nous …”

meanings of travers

noun:

Outside (the external part of).
Border toll.
Wide side (the side of which the width is measured).

travers frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word travers occurs in french on average 180 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.