Word Or Syllable Final

Syllable-final and word-final position

Really exaggerate the sound in this position.  The words have been broken up into syllables to make it easier.  Again, the syllabification doesn't follow spelling rules, but pronunciation rules.

<a href="../audio/accord.mp3">play</a> a-ccord <a href="../audio/acre.mp3">play</a> acre <a href="../audio/universite.mp3">play</a> u-ni-ver-si-té
<a href="../audio/affaire.mp3">play</a> a-ffaire <a href="../audio/air.mp3">play</a> air <a href="../audio/albacore.mp3">play</a> al-ba-core
<a href="../audio/alligator.mp3">play</a> a-lli-ga-tor <a href="../audio/ambre.mp3">play</a> ambre <a href="../audio/amphitheatre.mp3">play</a> am-phi-thé-âtre
<a href="../audio/univers.mp3">play</a> u-ni-vers <a href="../audio/anticonformisme.mp3">play</a> an-ti-con-for-misme <a href="../audio/armee.mp3">play</a> ar-mée
<a href="../audio/article.mp3">play</a> ar-ticle <a href="../audio/atmosphere.mp3">play</a> at-mo-sphère <a href="../audio/auteur.mp3">play</a> au-teur
<a href="../audio/auxiliaire.mp3">play</a> au-xi-liaire <a href="../audio/bonjour.mp3">play</a> bon-jour <a href="../audio/border.mp3">play</a> bor-der
<a href="../audio/bulldozer.mp3">play</a> bull-do-zer <a href="../audio/cadavre.mp3">play</a> ca-davre <a href="../audio/cadre.mp3">play</a> cadre
<a href="../audio/cancer.mp3">play</a> can-cer <a href="../audio/version.mp3">play</a> ver-sion <a href="../audio/carbone.mp3">play</a> car-bone
<a href="../audio/carnaval.mp3">play</a> car-na-val <a href="../audio/vigueur.mp3">play</a> vi-gueur <a href="../audio/cartel.mp3">play</a> car-tel
<a href="../audio/cartoon.mp3">play</a> car-toon <a href="../audio/chambre.mp3">play</a> chambre <a href="../audio/charlotte.mp3">play</a> Char-lotte
<a href="../audio/chauffeur.mp3">play</a> chau-ffeur <a href="../audio/cidre.mp3">play</a> cidre <a href="../audio/circonstance.mp3">play</a> cir-con-stance
<a href="../audio/circulation.mp3">play</a> cir-cu-la-tion <a href="../audio/commerce.mp3">play</a> co-mmerce <a href="../audio/concerne.mp3">play</a> con-cerne
<a href="../audio/concert.mp3">play</a> con-cert <a href="../audio/condor.mp3">play</a> con-dor <a href="../audio/conformisme.mp3">play</a> con-for-misme
<a href="../audio/confort.mp3">play</a> con-fort <a href="../audio/confortable.mp3">play</a> con-for-table <a href="../audio/conservatisme.mp3">play</a> con-ser-va-tisme
<a href="../audio/convertible.mp3">play</a> con-ver-tible <a href="../audio/corps.mp3">play</a> corps <a href="../audio/court.mp3">play</a> court
<a href="../audio/culture.mp3">play</a> cul-ture <a href="../audio/debonnaire.mp3">play</a> dé-bo-nnaire <a href="../audio/decembre.mp3">play</a> dé-cembre
<a href="../audio/decor.mp3">play</a> dé-cor <a href="../audio/depart.mp3">play</a> dé-part <a href="../audio/desordre.mp3">play</a> dé-sordre
<a href="../audio/dessert.mp3">play</a> de-ssert <a href="../audio/eclair.mp3">play</a> é-clair <a href="../audio/embargo.mp3">play</a> em-bar-go
<a href="../audio/escargot.mp3">play</a> es-car-got <a href="../audio/eternite.mp3">play</a> éternité <a href="../audio/excursion.mp3">play</a> ex-cur-sion
<a href="../audio/exorcisme.mp3">play</a> ex-or-cisme <a href="../audio/export.mp3">play</a> ex-port <a href="../audio/fibre.mp3">play</a> fibre
<a href="../audio/figure.mp3">play</a> fi-gure <a href="../audio/flair.mp3">play</a> flair <a href="../audio/folklore.mp3">play</a> folk-lore
<a href="../audio/formation.mp3">play</a> for-ma-tion <a href="../audio/formel.mp3">play</a> for-mel <a href="../audio/formidable.mp3">play</a> for-mi-dable
<a href="../audio/fort.mp3">play</a> fort <a href="../audio/fortune.mp3">play</a> for-tune <a href="../audio/gangster.mp3">play</a> gang-ster
<a href="../audio/georgie.mp3">play</a> Gé-or-gie <a href="../audio/gourmet.mp3">play</a> gour-met <a href="../audio/hamster.mp3">play</a> ham-ster
<a href="../audio/helicoptere.mp3">play</a> hé-li-cop-tère <a href="../audio/hemisphere.mp3">play</a> hé-mi-sphère <a href="../audio/humour.mp3">play</a> hu-mour
<a href="../audio/immortel.mp3">play</a> i-mmortel <a href="../audio/import.mp3">play</a> im-port <a href="../audio/interchangeable.mp3">play</a> in-ter-change-able
<a href="../audio/virtuel.mp3">play</a> vir-tuel <a href="../audio/interminable.mp3">play</a> in-ter-mi-nable <a href="../audio/interview.mp3">play</a> in-ter-view
<a href="../audio/journal.mp3">play</a> jour-nal <a href="../audio/journalisme.mp3">play</a> jour-na-lisme <a href="../audio/legionnaire.mp3">play</a> lé-gio-nnaire
<a href="../audio/lettre.mp3">play</a> lettre <a href="../audio/liberte.mp3">play</a> li-ber-té <a href="../audio/litre.mp3">play</a> litre
<a href="../audio/longueur.mp3">play</a> lon-gueur <a href="../audio/major.mp3">play</a> ma-jor <a href="../audio/manoeuvre.mp3">play</a> ma-noeuvre
<a href="../audio/mediocre.mp3">play</a> mé-diocre <a href="../audio/membre.mp3">play</a> mem-bre <a href="../audio/merlot.mp3">play</a> mer-lot
<a href="../audio/mesure.mp3">play</a> me-sure <a href="../audio/meteore.mp3">play</a> mé-té-ore <a href="../audio/metre.mp3">play</a> mètre
<a href="../audio/millimetre.mp3">play</a> mi-lli-mètre <a href="../audio/ministre.mp3">play</a> mi-nistre <a href="../audio/monstre.mp3">play</a> monstre
<a href="../audio/mystere.mp3">play</a> my-stère <a href="../audio/narcissisme.mp3">play</a> nar-ci-ssisme <a href="../audio/nature.mp3">play</a> na-ture
<a href="../audio/nerveuse.mp3">play</a> ner-veuse <a href="../audio/neutre.mp3">play</a> neutre <a href="../audio/normal.mp3">play</a> nor-mal
<a href="../audio/novembre.mp3">play</a> no-vembre <a href="../audio/nucleaire.mp3">play</a> nu-clé-aire <a href="../audio/observable.mp3">play</a> ob-ser-vable
<a href="../audio/octobre.mp3">play</a> oc-tobre <a href="../audio/ogre.mp3">play</a> ogre <a href="../audio/ordinaire.mp3">play</a> or-di-naire
<a href="../audio/organisme.mp3">play</a> or-ga-nisme <a href="../audio/vocabulaire.mp3">play</a> vo-ca-bu-laire <a href="../audio/paire.mp3">play</a> paire
<a href="../audio/pardon.mp3">play</a> par-don <a href="../audio/parfum.mp3">play</a> par-fum <a href="../audio/parking.mp3">play</a> par-king
<a href="../audio/zebre.mp3">play</a> zèbre <a href="../audio/particulier.mp3">play</a> par-ti-cu-lier <a href="../audio/partie.mp3">play</a> par-tie
<a href="../audio/partiel.mp3">play</a> par-tiel <a href="../audio/passeport.mp3">play</a> passe-port <a href="../audio/paternalisme.mp3">play</a> pa-ter-na-lisme
<a href="../audio/paternel.mp3">play</a> pa-ter-nel <a href="../audio/perceptible.mp3">play</a> per-cep-tible <a href="../audio/permanent.mp3">play</a> per-ma-nent
<a href="../audio/personne.mp3">play</a> per-sonne <a href="../audio/petitfour.mp3">play</a> pe-tit-four <a href="../audio/polaire.mp3">play</a> po-laire
<a href="../audio/polyester.mp3">play</a> po-ly-e-ster <a href="../audio/porc.mp3">play</a> porc <a href="../audio/portable.mp3">play</a> por-table
<a href="../audio/portfolio.mp3">play</a> port-fo-lio <a href="../audio/portuguaise.mp3">play</a> Por-tu-gaise <a href="../audio/pullover.mp3">play</a> pull-o-ver
<a href="../audio/sabre.mp3">play</a> sabre <a href="../audio/septembre.mp3">play</a> sép-tem-bre <a href="../audio/service.mp3">play</a> ser-vice
<a href="../audio/sincere.mp3">play</a> sin-cère <a href="../audio/sinistre.mp3">play</a> si-nistre <a href="../audio/sobre.mp3">play</a> sobre
<a href="../audio/solaire.mp3">play</a> sol-aire <a href="../audio/solitaire.mp3">play</a> so-li-taire <a href="../audio/sombre.mp3">play</a> sombre
<a href="../audio/spectaculaire.mp3">play</a> spéc-ta-cu-laire <a href="../audio/spectre.mp3">play</a> spectre <a href="../audio/sphere.mp3">play</a> sphère
<a href="../audio/sport.mp3">play</a> sport <a href="../audio/sucre.mp3">play</a> sucre <a href="../audio/super.mp3">play</a> su-per
<a href="../audio/support.mp3">play</a> su-pport <a href="../audio/tabernacle.mp3">play</a> ta-ber-nacle <a href="../audio/tendre.mp3">play</a> tendre
<a href="../audio/tenor.mp3">play</a> té-nor <a href="../audio/theatre.mp3">play</a> thé-âtre <a href="../audio/tigre.mp3">play</a> tigre
<a href="../audio/timbre.mp3">play</a> timbre <a href="../audio/tour.mp3">play</a> tour  
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How Many Syllables? | Dipthongs | Say aaaaaah! | Know How to Whistle? | Grrrrrrr! |
Front Rounded Vowels | e-caduc | Nasal Vowels
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