Pronunciation of Le Cellier ?

[jgorman9]

I am getting ready to make my ADR's for Sept. Is the "C" in Le Cellier pronounced as a "S" sound or as a hard "c" like a "K" sound?

 

[SpecialK]

le sell-e-a (e and a are both long)

 

[bradk]

luh sell-YAY

that's what my years of french tells me anyway. not that it means anything.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

I think it is pronounced . .

. . . lay-booked-up

 

[sassyredhead]

In French, it literally means "The Cellar," which is how I remember it is pronounced with a soft c. Also, per my college French textbook, it should be pronounced luh sell-e-ay. Bon appetit!

 

[bradk]

it actually translates directly to 'the storeroom' which is often used for perishables (or perhaps wine). la cave is used primarily for a (wine) cellar, or la cave a vin for winecellar explicitly.

grammatically speaking, it might seem like the i should be pronounced, like croupier, but i don't think it actually flows like that. like how the term je ne sais pas is not often pronounced as individual words.

 

[Brit17]

le sell-e-a (e and a are both long)

luh sell-YAY

Thanks for this post and the pronunciation ... no matter how hard I tried, I could never get it right & always felt silly & would just mumble it ... now I finally have a way to remember

 

[PrincessNED]

I think it is pronounced . .

. . . lay-booked-up

LMAO

 

[jgorman9]

I think it is pronounced . .

. . . lay-booked-up

I sure hope it's not lay-booked-up. As many times as I have been to Disney we have never eaten here and we are hoping we can get in this time since we will be going during free dining.

Thanks for the responses on the pronunciation, that makes it easier to remember.

 

[mnasmom3]

Lay-booked-up Don't laugh too hard if you're seriously wanting a dinner reservation though. I called today to make my reservations and it was booked for dinner. I'm calling 5 months and 2 weeks before my trip. They were wide open for lunch though.

 

[vicki845]

I used to live in Brooklyn, New York. I would pronounce it Le Cellar and I did when I made me adr's. The cm correct me, luh sell-YAY and I still say LE CELLAR. You can take the girl out of Brooklyn but you can't take the Brooklyn out of the girl.

 

[Rustysmom]

I used to live in Brooklyn, New York. I would pronounce it Le Cellar and I did when I made me adr's. The cm correct me, luh sell-YAY and I still say LE CELLAR. You can take the girl out of Brooklyn but you can't take the Brooklyn out of the girl.

I've lived in Brooklyn all my life and when I made my ADRs I almost said the same thing. Then I remembered that it's fancy and I had to practice it a few times before I called.

 

[bradk]

shouldn't that be le celluh then?

 

[kaytieeldr]

When in doubt, it's pronounced "the restaurant in the Canada pavilion".

 

[TinkRBel_In_Training]

Well, it really doesnt matter if you pronounce it "le sell-e-ay" or "le sell-yay" because if you pronounce the "ee" part really fast, they both sound the same out loud, lol. But generally speaking, words ending in "-ier" are pronounced "ee-ay". As a French major in college, I absolutely love pronouncing French vocabulary Such a beautiful language!

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

Lay-booked-up Don't laugh too hard if you're seriously wanting a dinner reservation though. I called today to make my reservations and it was booked for dinner. I'm calling 5 months and 2 weeks before my trip. They were wide open for lunch though.

I called a couple if days ago and got in for the beginning of Sept at 5 pm which was my preferred time with 2 kids - we like to eat early. The CM I talked to indicated they were not booked up even for dinner. We're going on 9/4.

 

[Sammie]

luh sell-YAY

that's what my years of french tells me anyway. not that it means anything.

This is correct.

 

[TinkerBelle_325]

Being from Canada and having taken French all through elementary school and high school I agree with everyone that it is pronounced

luh sell-e-ay

however, the thing that has made me giggle a few times is hearing Disney Dining CM's call it Lah Sell-i-er

 

[nbodyhome]

There are a LOT of CM's who call it "Le Cellar". I spoke with one the other day, and he actually said it correctly and I told him how unusual that was!

OR, sometimes the CM's say "Le Cell - i - er".

 

[mnasmom3]

I called a couple if days ago and got in for the beginning of Sept at 5 pm which was my preferred time with 2 kids - we like to eat early. The CM I talked to indicated they were not booked up even for dinner. We're going on 9/4.

We're going end of Sept. My ADR is for the 23rd.

On a side note, I called back today to add our friends to our ADR since they decided last minute to join us in free dining. The CM yesterday told me it was pronounced luh-sell-yay, but this one pronounced it luh-sell-ier. I almost corrected her.