how to pronounce écouter

/e.ku.te/

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écouter is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… ne pas se sentir écouter personne ne veut être …”

meanings of écouter

verb:

To listen.
To listen to.

écouter frequency in french - B1 level of CEFR

the word écouter occurs in french on average 68.4 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.