Final Consonants
Non-pronounced Final Consonants
Most consonants that come at the very end of a word are not pronounced.
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Masculine and feminine adjectives are distinguished from each other by the pronunciation or non-pronunciation of the final consonant. The addition of an e at the end of the feminine adjective makes the final consonant pronounced (see the Adjective section).
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Pronounced Final Consonants
Be CaReFuL!
The only consonants that are typically pronounced at the end of words in French are:
C-R-F-L. So remember to be CaReFuL when speaking French!
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pronounced |
avec turc |
with Turk |
zinc parc |
park |
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estomac tabac porc |
stomach tobacco pork |
escroc blanc tronc |
swindler white trunk |
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pronounced |
positif bœuf |
positive |
œuf neuf |
egg new |
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nerf | nerve | |||
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pronounced |
avril miel |
april honey |
mal sel |
bad salt |
| silent |
fusil gentil |
rifle nice |
outil sourcil |
tool eyebrow |
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pronounced |
par hier |
yesterday |
tour sur |
tower, tour over, above |
| silent |
fier cuiller millier |
proud spoon (fem)_ thousand |
parler premier |
to talk first |
There are particular words, besides those ending in c,r,f,or l, that have pronounced final consonants. Most are either borrowed words or mono-syllabic words that would simply not have enough sounds to differentiate the meaning from a similar word.
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Many words borrowed from foreign languages have pronounced final consonants
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as well as words ending in -pt or -ct.
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