What is the sound of beige?
Beige does not
sound the way it looks. The “ei” is pronounced like a long “a” (as in “cake”) and the “g” is a soft “zh”
sound. This is because
beige comes straight out of French, where it originally meant a fabric of the color we now know as
beige.
What is the English meaning of beige?
1 : of a color that is light grayish-yellowish brown : of the color
beige a
beige skirt. 2 : lacking distinction : vanilla sense 2. Other Words from
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beige.
Do you pronounce the L in Almond?
A: The “
l” in “
almond” was silent until very recently. That’s the only pronunciation given in my old 1956 printing of the unabridged Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language (2d ed.). More recent standard dictionaries
say we can now properly
pronounce “
almond” either with or without the “
l” sound.
How do you pronounce reign?
