Today’s lesson focuses on how to pronounce the masculine noun automne (autumn/fall) in French. The key is to pronounce the -n and not the -m.
l’automne
autumn / fall
L’automne – autumn / fall
Word origin
L’automne in French and autumn in English come from autumnus in Latin.
Automne pronunciation
The pronunciation of automne is [ɔtɔn] or o-ton. In French, the -m is silent.
Example sentences
The date for this first example should have been le 22 septembre!
Le premier jour de l’automne tombe le 23 septembre.
The first day of autumn is September 23.
For this second example sentence, qui is a relative pronoun which can translate to “that” or “which”.
En automne, je voyage au Québéc pour observer les feuilles qui changent de couleur.
I travel to Quebec in the fall to see the leaves changing color.
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