how to pronounce voilà

/vwa.la/

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the above transcription of voilà is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

voilà is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… sein de son parti et voilà il ya des cl …”

meanings of voilà

verb:

Here (it) is.
That is.
There (it) is.

voilà frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word voilà occurs in french on average 326 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.