Can you pronounce the L in guillotine?
As some have deduced, the double ‘l‘ in French is never sounded as an “l“. Unfortunately its correct pronounciation has no equivalent English sound (at least not one that I can find). Now make the “o” a bit bigger (roughly double the size) and make a sound. If you have got it right, you will have pronounced “yeau”.
How do the British pronounce guillotine?
Is guillotine a French word?
guillotine Add to list Share. Invented in France, the guillotine is a device used to behead people convicted of crimes. The guillotine was named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a French doctor who promoted the machine because it was a quicker and more humane way to cut off a person’s head. Guillotine is also as verb.