how to pronounce malheur

/ma.lœʁ/

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malheur is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… à une épidémie de malheur c'est un …”

meanings of malheur

noun:

Misfortune.
Sadness, unhappiness.

malheur frequency in french - B2 level of CEFR

the word malheur occurs in french on average 27.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.