how to pronounce écouler

/e.ku.le/

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écouler is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… paris chez pierpont afin d'y écouler les …”

meanings of écouler

verb:

To flow.
To pass, to elapse.
To diminish, to dwindle away slowly.
To sell off, to shift.

écouler frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word écouler occurs in french on average 4 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.