how to pronounce veiller

/vɛ.je/

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veiller is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… possible il faut veiller à ce que chaque …”

meanings of veiller

verb:

To stay up, sit up.
To keep guard, keep watch.
To look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que).
To watch over (someone) ( + sur).
To go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars...
To keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for.

veiller frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word veiller occurs in french on average 10.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.