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French phonology is the sound system of French. This article discusses mainly the phonology of all the varieties of Standard French . Notable phonological features include the uvular r present in some accents, nasal vowels , and three processes affecting word-final sounds:
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of French on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of French in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.
It is a French form of the name Peter. [1] Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος ( petros ) meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation of Aramaic כיפא ( Kefa), the nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona , referred in English as Saint Peter .
Yves (French pronunciation:; in English as / ˈ iː v / EEV) is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo (Iuo) and compound names Ivorix (Iuo-rigi or Iue-ricci) and Ivomagus (Iuo-magi), all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or īuos, [1] or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr ...
French immigrants to the United States (both those of Huguenot and French-Canadian background) often accommodated those unfamiliar with French pronunciations and spellings by altering their surnames (or encounter having them altered) in either of two ways: spellings were changed to fit the traditional pronunciation (Pariseau became Parizo ...
Delivering a public speech is hard enough already. So, imagine our surprise when we saw the viral clip of King Charles, 74, giving part of his diplomatic address to the French Senate in French ...
The pronunciation is encoded using a modified form of the ARPABET system, with the addition of stress marks on vowels of levels 0, 1, and 2. A line-initial ;;; token indicates a comment. A derived format, directly suitable for speech recognition engines is also available as part of the distribution; this format collapses stress distinctions ...