French · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "autre" in French?

OH-truh — one syllable and a fade. The "au" is a pure "oh" and the ending is a consonant cluster.

autre /otʁ/

One full syllable plus a fading cluster: OH-tr. Both genders share the form, and the plural "autres" sounds identical since its "s" is silent.

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Sound it out

au A closed "oh", flat and steady with no glide.

tre An unaspirated "t" into a uvular "r", with the final "e" silent. The same trailing shape as "être", "quatre" and "notre".

Hear it in a sentence

Je voudrais une autre chambre.

I'd like another room.

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"Je voudrais une autre chambre" shows the article changing shape: French says "une autre", never "un autre" for a feminine noun, and the "n" of "une" links straight into the vowel of "autre". "Chambre" has the nasal /ɑ̃/ and the same fading "-bre" ending: shahn-BR.

Where English speakers slip

Learners inflate the ending into a full "OH-truh" or resolve it into an English "-ter", producing "OH-ter". It should fade. The "au" also picks up an English glide, becoming "oh-oo". And note the elision: "l'autre" is required before this word, never "le autre" — the article always contracts before that vowel.