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What is the correct way of pronouncing <i>maître d'</i>? [[User:PhS|PhS]] 11:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC) |
What is the correct way of pronouncing <i>maître d'</i>? [[User:PhS|PhS]] 11:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC) |
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: I have no idea... For someone knowing just a little French, it looks absurd since "d'" allways precedes a vowel or mute 'h'. The apostrophe just indicates that the 'e' in 'de' is not pronounced since theres a vowel in the next word. The full term "Maître d' Hôtel" is pronounced some thing like [mɛːtʀ d otel] (Bit unsure about the wovels ). But without "Hôtel" it doesn't make sense, in french.. :) If I should guess the English pronounciation is "matered": [maitɘd] or [maitɚd], just a guess. [[User:Qvasi|Qvasi]] 14:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC) |
: I have no idea... For someone knowing just a little French, it looks absurd since "d'" allways precedes a vowel or mute 'h'. The apostrophe just indicates that the 'e' in 'de' is not pronounced since theres a vowel in the next word. The full term "Maître d' Hôtel" is pronounced some thing like [mɛːtʀ d otel] (Bit unsure about the wovels ). But without "Hôtel" it doesn't make sense, in french.. :) If I should guess the English pronounciation is "matered": [maitɘd] or [maitɚd], just a guess. [[User:Qvasi|Qvasi]] 14:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC) |
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::Using English pronunciation, it is pronounced as "may-ter-D", the whole thing being "may-ter-dotel". [[User:209.6.243.42|209.6.243.42]] 02:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC) |
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Pronunciation
What is the correct way of pronouncing maître d'? PhS 11:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
- I have no idea... For someone knowing just a little French, it looks absurd since "d'" allways precedes a vowel or mute 'h'. The apostrophe just indicates that the 'e' in 'de' is not pronounced since theres a vowel in the next word. The full term "Maître d' Hôtel" is pronounced some thing like [mɛːtʀ d otel] (Bit unsure about the wovels ). But without "Hôtel" it doesn't make sense, in french.. :) If I should guess the English pronounciation is "matered": [maitɘd] or [maitɚd], just a guess. Qvasi 14:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Using English pronunciation, it is pronounced as "may-ter-D", the whole thing being "may-ter-dotel". 209.6.243.42 02:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)