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An example use of pirate in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:
“… alors ce n'est pas un pirate de l'espace …”
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the word pirate occurs in french on average 8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.