aspirated H – le H aspiré français

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French aspirated "h"
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le "h”aspiré français
French words beginning with the letter “h” which is not pronounced are divided into two groups: aspired “h” and mute “h”. The initial letter “h” is not pronounced.
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“h” aspiré et “h” muet
the aspired “h” appears in French words borrowed from other languages and acts like a consonant: - there are no contractions (elisions) with it, like in the word “hockey”, - there are no liaisons in front of it. For example, if you were to pronounce the word “heroes” with definite article with the liaison, you would be saying “the zeros”.
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le hockey / les héros / les zéros
the mute “h” appears in most French words that begin with “h’. In this case the word acts as if it begins with a vowel: contractions and liaisons are required like in word “man” with the definite article.
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l’homme /les hommes (la liaison)
the liaison is the pronunciation of a usually silent word-final consonant before a following vowel like in word “friend” with indefinite article
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un ami (m) / une amie (f)
the elision is the suppression of a final vowel before another word beginning with a vowel. The deletion of a vowel is indicated in writing with an apostrophe like in the word “friend” with definite article
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l’ami (m) / l’amie (f)
the list of the most common words that begin with the aspired “h”
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la liste des mots les plus populaires qui commencent par un “h” aspiré
axe
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la hache
hatred
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la haine
hall
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le hall
market
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la halle
halo
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le halo
break
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la halte
hammock
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le hamac
hamburger
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le hamburger
hamlet
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le hameau
hamster
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le hamster
hip
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la hanche
handball
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le hand-ball
handicap
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le handicap
shed
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le hangar
bean
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le haricot
harp
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la harpe
harpoon
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le harpon
luck, chance
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le hasard
haste
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la hâte
height
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la hauteur
hedgehog
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le hérisson
hero
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le héros
owl
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le hibou
hierarchy
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la hiérarchie
hieroglyphe
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le hiéroglyphe
hobby
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le hobby
hockey
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le hockey
Holland
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la Hollande
lobster
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le homard
Hungary
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la Hongrie
shame
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la honte
hooligan
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le hooligan

H aspiré - aspirated H

The pronunciation of the letter “h” in French is definitely tricky. Indeed, H words in French are divided into two groups: words with aspirated “H” and words with mute “H”. Discover how to differentiate them and how to pronounce “H” in French in this lesson about ”H aspiré”!

Words with aspirated H

  • 1. Le handicap = handicap
  • 2. La haine = hatred
  • 3. La hache = axe
  • 4. Le hall = hall
  • 5. La hall = market
  • 6. Le halo = halo
  • 7. La halte = break
  • 8. Le hamac = hammock
  • 9. Le hamburger = hamburger
  • 10. Le hameau = hamlet
  • 11. Le hamster = hamster
  • 12. La hanche = hip

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