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How to pronounce french in British English

“french” pronunciation by British speakers

Listen to french the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“french” in real sentences — British speakers

761 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. pushing those boats across French beaches and pushing those boats from French Beaches into the French

    UK Parliament

  2. French, Spanish and Italian.

    The Scottish Parliament

Words that sound like “french”

Words one sound away from french — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of french. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.

Nearby words

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