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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.
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
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 its uvular r, nasal vowels, and three processes affecting word-final sounds:
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.
Quebec French profanities, [1] known as sacres (singular: sacre; French: sacrer, "to consecrate"), are words and expressions related to Catholicism and its liturgy that are used as strong profanities in Quebec French (the main variety of Canadian French) and in Acadian French (spoken in Maritime Provinces, east of Quebec, and a portion of ...
Figo may also mean someone really skilled in doing something. When referring to a woman, the term strafiga means "smoking hot". The derived term figata means something cool. A less common synonym, mainly used in Rome and Naples respectively, is fregna [46] and fessa. (even if fessa, m. fesso, can simply mean pussy, but also stupid girl)
-q = /.k‿/: cinq amis ("five friends") = /sɛ̃.k‿a.mi/. Cinq is the only French word that may end in a mute -q. In modern French, this -q is almost always pronounced as a final /k/, distinctly and no longer mute, regardless of the context.-g = /.k‿/ or /.ɡ‿/: long article ("long article") = /lɔ̃.k‿aʁ.tikl/.
Julien Miquel AIWS is a French YouTuber and winemaker, best known for making word pronunciation videos on his eponymous channel, with over 50,000 uploads as of May 2024. Several native speakers have criticised him for butchering the pronunciation of their languages.