French Pastries Pronunciation
In today’s episode, how to pronounce French pastries! I’m super happy to talk about my two favorite things: French Pastries & French Pronounciation!
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#1 How to pronounce 'Patisserie' in French?
To pronounce ‘Patisserie’ in French, think of the word ‘Pastrie’ in English. In french, you need to skip the ‘e’ between the ‘s’ and ‘r’, just like in English.
La Patisserie becomes ‘la patissrie”. Please note ‘Patisserie’ refers to pastry or the place to buy pastries!
#2 How to pronounce French pastries?
We’re going to focus on the pronunciation of the ‘R’ sound in French. You can find my dedicated episode here: How to pronounce the French ‘R’?
Let’s practice and repeat together!
- Le millefeuille: Make sure to make a ‘l’ sound followed by a ‘y’ like in ‘you’
- La religieuse: Make sure to make a ‘zh’ sound like in ‘treasure’ followed by a ‘z’ sound like in ‘zebra’
- Les petits fours: Don’t voice the ‘ts’ at the end of ‘Petits’. Don’t voice the ‘s’ at the end of ‘fours’
- Le Paris-Brest: That ‘Br’ sound takes practice!
- Les profiteroles: You’ll have to pronounce ‘Profitrohl’ although the spelling is ‘Profiteroles’
- La tarte aux fraises; Make sure to say ‘tarto’ followed by ‘frez’
#3 How to pronounce 'Macaron' in French?
To pronounce ‘Macaron’ in French, you’ll start with ‘Ma’ like in ‘Madam’, then ‘Ka’ like in ‘Cap’, and the ‘Ron’ is the hardest! For that you need to start with ‘O’, and then lift the back of your tongue. Make sure to listen closely and repeat.
