how to pronounce mettre

/mɛtʁ/

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the above transcription of mettre 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.

mettre is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… théo tu peux te mettre ici et je vais …”

meanings of mettre

verb:

To put; to place.
To start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something.
To put on.
To set (to lay a table).

mettre frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word mettre occurs in french on average 449.6 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.