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Why is très in French pronounced 'tray' even though the accent grave produces a soft e sound?
the è with accent grave is always pronounced -ay in French
In phonetics
/ɛ/
(from original question poster): I found that très is actually pronounced more like "tre" with an 'e' sound like that in 'jet.' Btw - the accent grave always makes an e sound this way (i.e. élève [aylev] and très [tre]).
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