Pronounciation

bednobs | 22:19 Wed 24th Mar 2021 | ChatterBank

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i need to call someone called guillaume tomorrow. how is that pronounced?

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elliemay1

Paigntonian

Gee-orme

brainiac

Ghee- yome (hard G)

AuntPollyGrey

Yes as Brainiac wrote- 100%

hard 'G' as in 'Get'

JimF

Remember that it's a French word so you need to stress the final syllable, i.e. it's ghee-YOME, not GHEE-yome.

Think Jerome, not syndrome.

THECORBYLOON

In the video, the stress appeared to be on the "Gie" bit to me.

calmck

Gium

JimF

Definitely the final syllable. Like every French word.

Jackdaw33

There is no stress as such in French. Each syllable is given equal weight.

JimF

^^ Ignore that - it's simply not true. French stresses the final syllable of every word.

http://www.interactive-audiotexts.com/french_grammar/pronunciation_guide.php

Bazile

Just call him Fred

THECORBYLOON

Billy?

Jackdaw33

Guillaume is the French form of William.

AuntPollyGrey

Jim -my mother tongue is French. Both you and Jackdaw are correct ,in the fact it depends which part of France you come from (or Canada) how you pronounce words.
The Parisian French accent is very different from, for example, the Marseille accent. It's always best when speaking French as a foreign language that you stick to Standard French and I personally would give a very slight stress on the last syllable, but not too much as that sounds aggressive, like you were shouting for a naughty child. Equal stress would be quite acceptable as its a given name.

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Thanks all. I got round it as he very handily answered the phone with "Guillaume speaking"