ŒIL - French Pronunciation

The letters ŒIL are pronounced [œj], like the oo in "good" followed by a y sound. Note that this letter combination is only found at the beginning of a word; otherwise, the spelling for this pronunciation is EUIL.

French words with ŒIL

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   un œil   (eye)

   une œillade   (wink)

   un œillet   (carnation)

   un œilleton   (eyepiece, spyhole)

   une œillette   (poppy)

Note that LL preceded by ŒI is always pronounced like a y, but this is not necessarily the case for other words with LL.


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