Need pronunciation help with a French name...

[Lisa loves Pooh]

This is for dd's history assignment and sometimes the names throw me off.

How would "Druillettes" be pronounced?

Thanks.

 

[KristaTX]

"Dree-ett" is my guess.

 

[Imzadi]

French is a strange language. Sometimes the last few letters of the word are silent. Krista could be right. Or it could also be something like "Dree-elle."

 

[FireDancer]

My knowledge of French names comes from how the French soccer players' names are said but I would guess:

Drew Lay

They sure love their silent letters over there.

Rennes is pronounced Ren so if they are consistent with the dropping of the es sound at the end of the proper noun that would account for the second syllable.

 

[Handbag Lady]

My knowledge of French names comes from how the French soccer players' names are said but I would guess:

Drew Lay

They sure love their silent letters over there.

Rennes is pronounced Ren so if they are consistent with the dropping of the es sound at the end of the proper noun that would account for the second syllable.

My two years of High School French agrees with you.

 

[kimblebee]

I would guess drew-a

 

[lyzziesmom]

It would be something like "Dwee-ette", with the "r" being very soft and more like a "w" (as in "oui"). It's true that French drops a lot of their ending sounds, but they do not generally drop consonants that are followed by a vowel, so there would still be the hard T sound at the end. The double L's make a sound roughly equivalent to a Y.

 

[Sparx]

I go with Drew-lay.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

French is a strange language. Sometimes the last few letters of the word are silent. Krista could be right. Or it could also be something like "Dree-elle."

No, only the last letter (just one) is silent. The reason for the e on the end of the ette or elle spellings is so that the t or the l sound is clear. It's definitely "Drooee yet", or something like that.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Well that is clear as mud. Lol! My memory of French tells me the "ette" would be a hard "t". The first syllable had me confused...the "ui" and the "ll". With the. The U I...seems like it would be in "oui" which is what most are saying....but that double l is still throwing me.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Liberty Belle]

It would be something like "Dwee-ette", with the "r" being very soft and more like a "w" (as in "oui"). It's true that French drops a lot of their ending sounds, but they do not generally drop consonants that are followed by a vowel, so there would still be the hard T sound at the end. The double L's make a sound roughly equivalent to a Y.

That's my guess, as well. Had French in highschool and college.

 

[Jennasis]

Drew-yet

 

[abdmom]

Drooeelet. Accent on the last syllable.

 

[Mimi1965]

Drew Yah (long A).............accent on last syllable

 

[erincon23]

Asked the French teacher at school
Droo-eh-YET. (the e in the middle is not a long e, not an "ah" like "hot", more like the eh "express")

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

You definitely pronounce the 't' at the end. Not the 's' though. The 'ui' with the double 'l' makes me curious too, OP, it's unclear. I guess that's not helpful because that's what you already know, I think your best bet is to ask a French fluent-speaking person.

Source: earning a Microbiology/French dual major.

 

[a1tinkfans]

Drew Yah (long A).............accent on last syllable

 

[EveDallas]

Drew Lay

They sure love their silent letters over there.

I agree. This was my first thought as well.

 

[lyzziesmom]

Quick Google search found the answer here on page 177 of the document:

Druillettes = Dru-ee-ye't
(The S at the end, as a PP mentioned, is always silent). A note at the bottom explains the italic u which has no English equivalent -- "u represents the short sound of the French e, somewhat like u in but.."

I remember learning that sound in French class as saying the letter E with your mouth shaped like the letter O. The double L is easy, it makes a Y (or long E) sound.

Really, French grammar and pronunciation is much simpler than English because once you learn the rules, they do not change or have exceptions.

EDIT: Forgot to clarify that what looks like an apostrophe is supposed to be an accent mark to show the syllable with the emphasis. I didn't know how to type it and apparently neither did whoever made the site I linked to!

 

[lyzziesmom]

I also found this cool site, type in the name and select French as the language, and the computer will speak the word. It garbles the D at the beginning and sounds more like a B, but you can hear how the rest of the word should sound.

http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/