I'm French and I must say it's not the easiest word to pronounce for an English speaker, but I would say it resembles: "too-al de joo-ee".
Toile de Jouy is pronounced twahl duh zhwee, with the emphasis on the "zhwee" part.
Pronounced "twaa-le der zhoo-ee"If you are interested, le Musée de la Toile de Jouy is housed in the Château de l'Eglantine in Jouy-en-Josas (78) (I live quite near it) and their website is in link.
"Zhoo-ee" is the pronunciation of the French word "Jouy."Specifically, the French word is part of the name of a commune (Jouy-en-Josas) in the Yvelines department of north-central France. The commune is famous for its print, which appropriately is called "toile de Jouy." Additionally, the name also may refer to a commune in Yonne department, also in north-central France.
It is pronounced "zhwee-ahn-zhoh-zah" with a soft "zh" sound at the beginning and "zah" rhyming with "spa."
You pronounce "Gare de l'Est" as "gahr duh lehst" in French.
You can pronounce "pas de quoi" as "pah duh kwa" in French.
Toile de jouy
Pronounced "twaa-le der zhoo-ee"If you are interested, le Musée de la Toile de Jouy is housed in the Château de l'Eglantine in Jouy-en-Josas (78) (I live quite near it) and their website is in link.
Toile
Toile de Jouy originated in France in the late 1700s. In the French language, the phrase literally means "cloth from Jouy-en-Josas", a town of north-central France
A toile is a test garment made by a designer to test a pattern.A toile de jouy is a decorating pattern of a landscape in a single color that is used for clothing, wall paper or upholstery fabric.
"Zhoo-ee" is the pronunciation of the French word "Jouy."Specifically, the French word is part of the name of a commune (Jouy-en-Josas) in the Yvelines department of north-central France. The commune is famous for its print, which appropriately is called "toile de Jouy." Additionally, the name also may refer to a commune in Yonne department, also in north-central France.
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy died in 1846.
Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy was born in 1744.
étoile [etoal]
The population of Aizy-Jouy is 260.
The population of Jouy-Mauvoisin is 528.
The population of Breux-Jouy is 1,243.