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Froberville
Your pronunciation guide/fʁɔ.bɛʁ.vil/, froh-BEHR-veel, three syllables with French r sounds
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Why I lean 1: the separated French-phoneme syllables finally preserve froh-BEHR-veel cleanly.

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Féterne
Your pronunciation guidetwo syllables, with the audible prominence on the second
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Why I lean 2: the split pure-é form preserves two syllables and puts the requested prominence on the second.

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Rosemonde
Your pronunciation guide/ʁoz.mɔ̃d/, French uvular r as in rouge or Paris, not English rose
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Why I lean 2: the compact form keeps the French r and pure o, with only light nasal colouring before d.

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Vivonne
Your pronunciation guide/vi.vɔn/, two syllables, vi-VON, with prominence on the final syllable
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Why I lean 2: the two-part rendering gives a crisp native-sounding vi-VON.

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Goupil
Your pronunciation guide/ɡu.pi/, goo-PEE, with the final l silent
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Why I lean 1: splitting the syllables produces goo-PEE with final prominence and no trace of the silent l.

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Champs-Élysées
Your pronunciation guide"shance (with French a) all-ee-zays"; not "chens", and keep the opening a short
Why no take is offeredno take keeps the short dark opening without an audible n or ng, while also preserving pure Élysées vowels
Eulalie
Your pronunciation guide/ø.la.li/, three syllables, French eu as in peu or deux, then la-LEE; preserve the previously selected take but slow the actual delivery
Why no take is offeredCartesia turns French /ø/ into either oo or an unrounded uh sound
Montjouvain
Your pronunciation guide/mɔ̃.ʒu.vɛ̃/, mon-zhoo-VA(N), three syllables, no pronounced t, both end vowels nasal
Why no take is offeredboth nasal vowels become spoken n or ng sounds, and soft /ʒ/ often hardens to English j
Gallardon
Your pronunciation guide/ɡa.laʁ.dɔ̃/, ga-lar-DON, final on nasalized with no spoken n
Why no take is offeredthe final nasal becomes n or ng, or the r disappears
Montmorency
Your pronunciation guide/mɔ̃.mɔ.ʁɑ̃.si/, mon-mo-RAHN-see, nasal opening and nasal ren, final cy pronounced see
Why no take is offeredboth nasal vowels become explicit consonants or the three-part rhythm breaks apart
Saint-Simon
Your pronunciation guideSaint begins with nasal /sɛ̃/; Simon is see-MON with a nasal final on
Why no take is offeredboth nasal vowels become heavy n or ng consonants
Trémoïlle
Your pronunciation guide/tʁe.muj/, Tré-mouille; oïlle is not wah-y and ends like mouille
Why no take is offeredthe final /uj/ glide becomes an extra syllable or a different vowel
Martinville
Your pronunciation guide/maʁ.tɛ̃.vil/, mar-tɛ̃-VEEL, nasal in and final ville pronounced veel
Why no take is offeredthe middle /ɛ̃/ becomes English in or ang, and the stress shifts
Boulogne
Your pronunciation guide/bu.lɔɲ/, boo-LOHNY, two syllables; gn is /ɲ/ as in montagne, with no extra final vowel
Why no take is offeredword-final /ɲ/ becomes a full extra nee syllable, producing baloney
Mortemart
Your pronunciation guide/mɔʁ.tə.maʁ/, mor-te-MAR, three syllables with a light middle schwa
Why no take is offeredthe voice overrides the supplied pronunciation and says the English name Mortimer