How to pronounce Baguette in French?

Updated: April 1, 2021 by Mylene in How to PronounceArray ▪

Baguette is a noun in French that has two main meanings in English:

A baguette is a long thin loaf of white bread that is hard on the outside and soft inside. A baguette has a diameter of about 5 or 6 cm and a usual length of about 65 cm.
A baguette can also be a stick or a baton.

In French “une baguette” is a feminine noun. The plural is “les baguettes”.

Example:

J’ai demandé deux baguettes bien cuites à la boulangère: I asked the baker for two well-done baguettes
Le magicien a toujours une baguette à la main: the magician always have a stick in his hand
Une baguette magique: a magic wand
Une baguette de chef d’orchestre: a conductor’s baton
Je voudrais une demi-baguette: I would like to have half a baguette

How to pronounce “Baguette” in French?

In French, the word Baguette is pronounced /bagɛt/ as follows:

/b/ sound: the vocal cords vibrate while saying it
/a/ sound: the tongue touches the lower front teeth
/g/ sound: the back of the tongue touches the palate. The tongue anticipates the point of articulation of the following sound.
/ɛ/ sound: the tongue touches the front lower teeth
/t/ sound: the vocal cords don’t vibrate

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Related Words in French

If you want to say that something can be done easily you can use the expression “d’un coup de baguette magique” which means with a wave of one’s wand. For example:

Il n’est pas possible que les prix se stabilisent d’un coup de baguette magique. Prices cannot be stabilized at the wave of a magic wand.

Faire marcher quelqu’un à la baguette is a common French expression to say rule with an iron hand.

Personne ne me fait marcher à la baguette: I’m not at someone’s beck and call.

You can use as well another French expression “Obéir au doigt et à l’oeil”:

Je suis sûr qu’il va t’obéir au doigt et à l’oeil: I’m sure he will do exactly what you want.

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