French
Spellings
Spellings
What vowel digraph spells [k] in the following French loanwords?
quiche, marquis, turquoise
<qu>
chef, chief
Old: chief
Modern: chef
frail, fragile
French: frail
Latin: fragile
boeuf
beef
What French digraph spells [wɑ] in these words?
noir, memoir, bourgeois
<oi>
petty, petite
Old: petty
Modern: petite
reasonable, rational
French: reasonable
Latin: rational
porc
pork
What phoneme does the <a> spell at the end of these French words?
garage, morage, promenade
/ɑ/
ticket, etiquette
Old: ticket
Modern: etiquette
tradition, treason
French: treason
Latin: tradition
veau
veal
Below is a pair of doublets, one from French, and one directly from Latin. How does the spelling indicate which is which?
frail ~ fragile
French spellings prefer vowel digraphs, and Latin, single vowels.
chaise, chair
Old: chair
Modern: chaise
master, magistrate
French: master
Latin: magistrate
poulet
poultry
What spells the [oʊ] in these French loan words?
beau, bureau, art nouveau
<eau>
troupe, troop
Old: troop
Modern: troupe
French: strange
Latin: extraneous
mouton
mutton