z

Please be mindful of the fact that all the French sounds are produced with greater facial, throat and other phonatory muscle tension than any English sound.

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The French [z] sound is normally pronounced [z] as in the English words zero, zebra etc.

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The sound's written representations are : z x s (for more information on [s] click here)

·	the [s] is pronounced [z] between 2 vowels:
·	as a linking sound between words
·	the [z] is pronounced [z] anywhere in the word:
·	BUT watch ! the [-ez] of verbs and words like:
·	the [x] is pronounced [z] or [gz] in

 

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