how to pronounce usage

/y.zaʒ/

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usage is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… confrontation et à l' usage de la force …”

meanings of usage

noun:

Usage, use.
The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are actually used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis (as opposed to correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority).

usage frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word usage occurs in french on average 62.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.