How do you pronounce Côte d'Ivoire?

Q: How do you pronounce Côte d'Ivoire?

Côte d'Ivoire is pronounced koht dee-VWAR (/ˌkoʊt dɪˈvwɑːr/). French: the 'ô' is a long 'o', and 'Ivoire' ends with a 'v-war' sound — koht dee-VWAR. The English 'Ivory Coast' is also acceptable.

Hard

Wie spricht man Côte d'Ivoire aus?

koht dee-VWAR

/ˌkoʊt dɪˈvwɑːr/

Silben-Aufschlüsselung

kohtdeeVWAR

French: the 'ô' is a long 'o', and 'Ivoire' ends with a 'v-war' sound — koht dee-VWAR. The English 'Ivory Coast' is also acceptable.

Häufige Fehler

COAT dee-voy-AYkoht dih-VOY-arKOT dee-VWAR

Wissenswertes zum Namen

FIFA requires all official match documents to use 'Côte d'Ivoire' rather than 'Ivory Coast.' The country officially requested this in 1986 to preserve their French name worldwide.