how to pronounce marraine

/ma.ʁɛn/

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marraine is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… l'avez dit aussi ma chère marraine je …”

meanings of marraine

noun:

Godmother (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner); feminine of parrain.

marraine frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word marraine occurs in french on average 4.2 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.