Gender neutral language in French: Difference between revisions

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-'an' is relatively widespread, especially with the [ã] pronounciation. However, 'an' has no phonetic feature in common with 'une' and a central one with 'un': it also consists of just a nasal vowel. Depending on the variety of French ('un' is also pronounced [ɛ̃], especially in metropolitan French), 'eune' combines the vowel rounding of 'un' and the final nasal consonant [n] of 'une'.
+Although 'an' is quite common, especially in the [ã] pronunciation, it lacks any phonetic similarity with 'une' while sharing a central characteristic with 'un': both consist solely of a nasal vowel. 'eune' [<u>œ</u>n], on the other hand, combines the vocal roundedness of 'un' [<u>œ̃</u>] with the final nasal consonant [n] of 'une'. However, in metropolitan French, where 'un' is typically pronounced as [ɛ̃], 'eune' is not without its drawbacks.
 ==== Possessive adjectives ====