How do you say "vin blanc" in French?

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vin blanc
How Do You Say "vin blanc"?

vin blanc
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What is "vin blanc"?

‘Vin blanc’ is French for ‘white wine’. The plural is ‘vins blancs’, and it is pronounced exactly like the singular. A common mispronunciation by English speakers is to say ‘blonk’ for ‘blanc’. This is wrong. Listen to the sound files, and hover over the colored letters in the phonetic pronunciation to learn more.

  • blanc – white Be careful of this word. It sounds very different in the feminine form. Click on the link to learn more.
The Italian and Spanish words for ‘wine’ are the same in the singular ‘vino’, but differ in the plural, and in pronunciation, so check each entry separately.
 
How do you say ‘white wine’ in Italian and Spanish?
 
Italian        vino bianco
 
Spanish     vino blanco

 

 

 

vin blanc

 

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2 Comments

  1. Aisha  February 27, 2012

    Surely it’s ‘va- blohnk’, with a very mild ‘nk’?

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    • Marie-Ora  February 27, 2012

      No Aisha. There is no nk, however mild. The ‘n’ is nasalized, and the ‘c’ is silent. Please listen to the sound file, spoken by a French First Language speaker, and check the phonetics in a French dictionary. Rhyming blanc with plonk is an utter pronunciation fail.

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