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SC - French Pronunciation of SC

How is SC pronounced in French?

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The letters SC in French can be pronounced in one of two ways:
  1. In front of a soft vowel, SC is pronounced like the English S.
     
  2. In front of a hard vowel or a consonant, the S and C are pronounced separately according to their respective rules.
French words with SC

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

   sciences   (science)

   escargots   (snails)

   scruter   (to scan)


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