IN - French Pronunciation of IN

The nasal I is pronounced [e(n)], where "e" is pronounced like ê and (n) equals the nasal sound. The nasal I can be spelled in numerous ways:

• in
• im
• ain
• aim
• eim
• ein
• em
• en

No matter how it is spelled, this sound is referred to as the nasal I - you can see its IPA symbol above.


French words with the nasal I

Click on the links below to hear the words pronounced in French:

   cinq   (five)
   pain   (bread)
   peintre   (painter)
   européen   (European)
   végétarien   (vegetarian)
   impuissant   (powerless)


Note: The spellings in and im are not always nasal - when they are prefixes, their pronunciation is a little more complicated - see Prefix: in- / im-


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