Pronounciation help-sable

[shannoninstlouis]

As in the crumbly French cookie. And what about pate sablee? I know how to make it, I just don't know how to say it.

[ChrisL]

Sah-bleh.

[Buckethead]

Yep. Sable = sand in French, which describes the texture of the cookie perfectly.

[SnackHappy]

Sablé = Sah-blay

Pâte sablée = Pawt Sah-blay

[smartie]

not agreeing here. Americans change the pronunciation. It is not sah-blay but sa blay the first consonent sounds like tab not tahb.

and pate is pat tay.
both words have the emphasis on the FIRST part of the word not the second

[cinnamon girl]

disagree - pâte should be pat - not pat tay . . . but I do agree about the "a" sound: it's sa not sah.

[smartie]

ah didnt realise it was pate not patee in this instance so it's not a liver pate then?

of course it's a cookie - I should read the original post properly next time

[cinnamon girl]

Yup - you got it smartie. There's so much to read on these boards that we all miss stuff b/c we're just so keen to see it all! lol

Pâte besides being French for pastry of all types (e.g. brisée, sucrée, feuteilleé), is also the word for pasta. Also pâte - being pastry or pasta or cookies (generally meaning dough), is feminine so there will always be 2 "e"s at the end of the adjective.

[SnackHappy]

It's not pâté it's pâte. Pâte sablée is a shortcrust dough. Pâté is a forcemeat. I have no idea what pâté sablé would be.

I'll agree about the first syllable of sablé being shorter. Sa-blay makes sense. I wasn't emphasizing the first syllable with that spelling, just trying to illustrate the vowel sound. Anyway in French you don't stress one syllable more than another like in English. There is often a slight emphasis on the last syllable, but you never emphasize other parts of words.

[DeppityDawg]

Go to one of these websites, choose a French voice, and type in "sablé" and "pâte sablée". Works pretty well, and for several other languages, too.
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-...

[SnackHappy]

Oh, that works like a charm!

I'll favourite those for future reference.

[chowser]

The acapela group has sablée as sableee.

[SnackHappy]

I just listened to all the French voices on acapela and they all pronounce it properly.

[chowser]

The last syllable on sablee isn't pronounced with the ay or even eh, sound, it's eeee on the acapela group's.

[babette feasts]

This is how my French chef says it. Sa-blee.

[Manybears]

I think the recording is correct, but it may sound like "sablee" because the "ay" sound is not a long drawn-out "bray" ay but a sharper and shorter sound. If you make a face like you're going to say "eee" but then say a quick "ay" instead you should approximate it. The IPA symbol is [e].

[Veggo]

I was hoping I would learn more about smoked fish....

[c oliver]

I thought the same dang thing!

[jfood]

a bagel, a shmear and some say-bul est tres magnifique.

[johnb]

especially when served with aujus sauce ( in the spirit of proper French) :-)

[alkapal]

hey johnb, if it has any jus, i'm not eating it (smoked sable, i mean). ;-)).