Английская Википедия:Eau (trigraph)
Шаблон:Short description Eau is a trigraph which occurs in some languages that use the Latin script, such as French and English.
French
In Modern French, Шаблон:Angle bracket is pronounced [[Close-mid back rounded vowel|Шаблон:IPA]][1] and often appears at the end of a word. Generally, Шаблон:Angle bracket alternates with Шаблон:Angle bracket in another form of a word, for example, the feminine of chameau (camel) is chamelle. There are three main ways of spelling Шаблон:IPA: Шаблон:Angle bracket, Шаблон:Angle bracket, and Шаблон:Angle bracket, out of which Шаблон:Angle bracket is by far the rarest.[2]
In Old French, Шаблон:Angle bracket represented a triphthong, probably pronounced Шаблон:IPA (or Шаблон:IPA). This triphthong originated from the Proto-French diphthong Шаблон:IPA, which had formed from the sequence of Шаблон:Angle bracket and Шаблон:Angle bracket, where l had vocalized. In the 12th and 13th centuries, both Шаблон:Angle bracket and Шаблон:Angle bracket were used (Шаблон:IPA was probably a variant pronunciation), but Шаблон:Angle bracket soon became the standard spelling.[3]
English
In English, Шаблон:Angle bracket only exists in words borrowed from French, and so is pronounced similarly in almost all cases (like in plateau, bureau). Exceptions include beauty and words derived from it, where it is pronounced Шаблон:IPA, bureaucrat where it is pronounced Шаблон:IPA, bureaucracy where it is pronounced Шаблон:IPA,[4] and (in some contexts) the proper names Beaulieu and Beauchamp (as Шаблон:IPA and Шаблон:IPA, respectively).[5]
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