How do you pronounce Le Havre in French?

Answer 1

French pronunciation is difficult for native English speakers because the French have "clean" vowels whilst English speakers (especially Americans - I know 'cause I'm one) have diphthongs (glides between one vowel and another) almost every where in the spoken language.

Le Havre

The vowel "e" in "Le" is open, somewhere between "oh" and "eh"

"Havre" in French almost drops the H at the beginning and most French dialects roll the "r" considerably but do not pronounce the final e very much at all.

See the Related link below.

http:/forvo.com/word/le_havre

Good answer, but just to be a bit specific on this name.. the Le is certainly an "uh" sound, not an "oh" sound.

And the "r" is not much of a roll in French, more of a grind in the throat.

Luh Avruh would be a good phonetic description.

NOT A GOOD ANSWER, AT ALL! The second answer is better but,

Francais does NOT have "clean" vowels, quite the opposite. The language is sloppy and runs its words, vowels and consonants together. There is no telling, to an American, Englishman, or German, where one letter begins and the other leaves off. Listening to the words Le Havre being pronounced by the French is a perfect example. The sound seems to bear no connection to the traditional sound of the letters.

This is the very reason why news announcers and even Bret Favre himself, cannot pronounce Bret Favre's name properly, but if they tried it in French no one would know who they were talking about.

The German language and the English have distinct, staccato, pronunciations of each letter and word, in most cases, although the rules are a little confusing at times. The English way to pronounce, "Le Havre" would be, phonetically speaking, luh haav' ruh.

"Bret Favre" would be prounounced, Bret (nice Anglo Saxon/Germanic name, pronounced just like it is spelled) faav ruh (sloppy messed up Francias word).

Answer 2

Laavre

Answer 3

le harv