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Being a native French speaker, I can say it's pronounced as in English. That's an English word used in French language, that's all. FrenchLanguageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforstudents,teachers,andlinguistswantingtodiscussthefinerpointsoftheFrenchlanguage.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore Howtopronounce"voucher" AskQuestion Asked 9years,4monthsago Active 9monthsago Viewed 3ktimes 6 1 Isitpronounced"vouché"? ItlookslikethewordcomesfromEnglish.IsitpronouncedlikeanEnglishwordinFrance? prononciation Share Improvethisquestion Follow askedOct10,2012at8:54 MichaëlWitrantMichaëlWitrant 17111silverbadge55bronzebadges 5 4 IfthequestionisAsafrenchword,howdoesitpronounce?,I'dfirstaskIsitafrenchword?(IfIhadtoreaditasafrenchstring,I'dreaditlikedoucher,soyes,"vouché".) – NikanaReklawyks Oct10,2012at9:32 Doyouhaveanyevidencethatit'sactuallymorethananecdotallyusedinFrance?Idoubtit…inwhichcase,it'snotreallyaquestionabouttheFrenchlanguage. – F'x Oct10,2012at14:24 1 IhavehavenoevidencebuttwoFrenchclientsusedthatwordinsoftwarespecs(exclusivelywritteninFrench).IalsofoundafewdefinitionsinFrench:wikipediaandarandomtourismwebsite.IfthewordisindeednotreallyusedinFrance,thentheanswerisitshouldbepronouncedasinEnglish,like@lewebdalexsuggests. – MichaëlWitrant Oct10,2012at15:29 2 @MichaëlWitranttheWPpageisprettythin,andusesitbetweenquotesigns:“voucher”.TherandomtourismwebsitefeaturesalotofotherEnglishwordswhicharen'tusedinFrench. – F'x Oct10,2012at15:36 1 It'sanEnglishwordborrowedfromAnglo-French,whichisitselfderivedfromOldFrenchvoucher(toclaim,tosummon).ItisnowfindingitswaybackintoFrench. – deutschZuid Oct12,2012at0:41 Addacomment  |  4Answers 4 Active Oldest Votes 2 BeinganativeFrenchspeaker,Icansayit'spronouncedasinEnglish.That'sanEnglishwordusedinFrenchlanguage,that'sall. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedMay17,2021at9:45 Dimitris 26.2k99goldbadges3535silverbadges114114bronzebadges answeredOct10,2012at11:01 alexalex 7611bronzebadge 6 4 LikeAlexisPigeonandLeVieuxGildasI'veneverhearditusedinFranceeither.AndlotsofFrenchpeoplecan'tspeakEnglishandiftheyhadtopronounceitthesurelywouldnotpronounceit[vaʊtʃə]but[vuʃe]. – None Oct10,2012at18:48 I'mfromBelgiumbytheway.@Laure,yousayyou'veneverheardit.Whichwordwouldyouuse?Ticket? – alex Oct10,2012at18:56 5 uncoupon,unbon,unreçu,unticket...selonlecontexte. – None Oct10,2012at19:13 Celadépenddusecteurd'activité,danslemondedelaformationc'estuntmotcourammentutilisémaistoujoursenlienavecdesentreprisesanglophones. – JérémieBertrand Oct11,2012at14:20 1 Youshouldgiveanideaoftheactualpronunciation.ThevowelsintheEnglishvoucherwouldsoundreallystrangeinFrench:[vaʊtʃə(r)].InFrench,itsoundsmorelike[vutʃœʁ]. – GAMPUB Oct3,2020at1:58  |  Show1morecomment 10 It'sdifficulttofindgoodstatisticsonanrelativelyrareloanword,soI'llsettleformultipleanecdotesasasubstitute. VoucherknewaregainofpopularityinBelgiumduringtheearlyCovidasitwasthewordusedbythegovernmenttodescribeamechanismtocompensatetravellerswhosetriphadtobecancelledduringthelockdown. Thisgeneratedagoodnumberofpressarticlesand,mostimportantlyforus,TVreportagesaboutthem.Here'soneofthem(hopefullyfreelyavailabletoviewersoutsideBelgium)thatexemplifythemostcommonpronunciationsoftheword. FirstaretheonesthattrytostickascloseaspossibletotheEnglishpronunciationaspermittedby(Belgian)Frenchphonology:[vɔwtʃœχ]bythepresenterat00:22and[vo̞wtʃœχ]bythejournalistat01:24(thesequence/aw/isproblematicinBelgianFrenchandfrequentlyreplacedby/ɔw/,somethingsimilarhappenstothenativediphthong/wa/,that'susually[wɑ]orrarely[wɔ]).Inbrackets,thisgives/vɔwtʃœr/ AnevolutionofthispronunciationisoneslightlymoreadaptedtoFrenchphonology,byreplacingthetrickydiphthongbyamidhighvowel.It'stheoneusedbythenarratorat02:58:[voˑtʃœχ̞].Inbrackets,thiswouldbe/votʃœr/(Frenchspellingapproximation:"vautcheur") Thirdisaspellingpronunciationthattreats"vouch-"asaFrenchwordwhilestillrecognisingthesuffix"-er"ascomingfromEnglish,usedbytheinterviewedcouple:[vuʃœʀ̥]at01:09and[vuʃœχ]at01:52.Thisgives/vuʃœr/,or"voucheur"withoutIPA. Inthissecondvideo,samepronunciations:/vɔwtʃœr/at02:01byanarrator,/vuʃœr/at00:52byaninterviewee. Inthisthirdvideo,anewvariantappears:/vɔwʃœr/bytheinterviewedpoliticianat07:28and08:19,againadapterto/voʃœr/at08:01,bythesamespeaker.Theinterviewingjournalistrepeatsthispronunciationat08:23. Finally,thisfourthvideofromalocalTVchannelhasthenarratingjournalistproduce/vuʃe/at00:45and02:06,clearlynotrealisingthisisloanfromEnglish. Whattoconcludefromallofthis?Wehavearelativelyrareloanwordthatstillhasn'tbeendigestedbythepopulationatlarge.Itisalsoawordthat'smorecommoninthecommercialandadministrativelanguage,whichmeansthatalotofspeakerswillfirstencounteritinwritingandnotwhiletalkingtotheirpeers.Assuchitisrelativelyvulnerabletospellingpronunciation(itlookslikeanativeFrenchword)andtothepotentiallackofknowledgeofEnglish(andthecomplexspelling-pronunciationrulesofthislanguage)amongFrenchspeakersasawhole. Thisisparticularlyobviousinthecoupleinmyfirstvideo,whoclearlyrecognisedvoucherasaloanfromEnglish(asshownbythepronunciationofthesuffix),butdidn'tknowhowtopronounce"vouch-"andfellbacktoFrenchspellingtodeduceitsvalue.I'dinterpretReynders's(thepoliticianfromthethirdvideo)realisationof"ch"as/ʃ/ascomingfromalackoffamiliaritywithEnglishtoo. Theseconddifficultycomesfromtheadaptationoftheforeigndiphthong/aʊ̞/toFrench'sphonologicalsystem.Inthiscase,it'ssignificantthatnospeakerchose/aw/andused/ɔw/or/o/instead,aswithalmosteveryEnglish(andDutch)loanwiththatsound. Sohowtopronouncevoucher?Well,that'sopendebateamongFrenchspeakersrightnow.Comebackinafewdecades. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredSep26,2020at22:38 EauquidortEauquidort 9,09111goldbadge1515silverbadges3030bronzebadges 2 Ipreferthisnewanswerovertotheacceptedone.Strangelyenough,IthinkI'veseenandheardthiswordusedhereandtheremywholelife(41,Belgium),onlydiscoveringtodayit'saloanword.Ofalltheseencounters,Idon'trememberanyFrenchnativepronouncingitdifferentlythan"boucher"withavinsteadofab.ImyselfhavetobecarefulpronouncingitcorrectlywhenIhappentoreadsomethingoutloudinEnglish. – LaurentS. Sep28,2020at11:32 Theperfectanswer!(ExceptthattheOPspecificallyasksaboutFrance...) – TonyK May17,2021at13:07 Addacomment  |  7 It'snotawordthatIwouldconsideraspartoftheFrenchvocabulary,evenwiththemostdescriptivemindset.ItcouldbepartofthecommercialaviationjargonastheonlyplaceI'vehearditinanotherwiseFrenchsentencewasinairportrelatedcontexts.ThepronunciationwasaprettygoodapproximationofanEnglishpronunciation. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredOct11,2012at7:39 UnfrancophoneUnfrancophone 19.8k33goldbadges4040silverbadges104104bronzebadges 1 Mêmeremarque,j'aidécouvertrécemmentcemot(etreçulecoupon)aprèsavoirété"surbooké"(beurk)ettransférésurunautrevol… – Personne Sep26,2020at20:22 Addacomment  |  3 IneverheardthiswordusedinFrance.However,Iwouldimaginepeople,knowingitspronunciationinEnglish,wouldpronounceitlikeinEnglish,exceptfromthe"r",whichwouldbesaidtheFrenchway.Ontheotherhand,peoplenotfluentinEnglishmightpronounceitlike"voocher",againwiththe"r"pronouncedtheFrenchway. ThingsmightbequitedifferentinQuebec,wherethiswordislikelytobecommonlyused. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedSep26,2020at20:09 Glorfindel 25911goldbadge33silverbadges1111bronzebadges answeredOct10,2012at9:01 AlexisPigeonAlexisPigeon 8,6232626silverbadges4444bronzebadges 3 +1for"Ineverheardit",but-1for1.consideringfrenchpeoplewouldknowhowit'spronouncedinEnglishand2.IneverhearditinQuébeceither. – NikanaReklawyks Oct10,2012at9:41 1 @LeVieuxGildasIthoughtImadeitclearinmyanswerthat1.whilesomeFrenchpeoplewill,someotherswon'tknowtheproperpronounciationinEnglish,and2.thingsmightbedifferentinQuebec... – AlexisPigeon Oct10,2012at10:37 That'sfine,andIdosuggesttomakethesematterslesssubtleinthebody;)(especially:mostpeopledon'tknowit) – NikanaReklawyks Oct13,2012at7:36 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoFrenchLanguageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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