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Kendra
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Kendra asked in Pregnancy & ParentingBaby Names · 1 decade ago

How do you pronounce pronounce Madeleine?

Mad-uh-lyn, Mad-uh-line, or Mad-uh-leen?

I pronounce it Made-uh-leen because Madelyn is Mad-uh-lyn and Madeline is Mad-uh-line.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    it kinda depends. i would pronounce it mad uh leen but it kinda depends on how the parents prounounced it because a lot of times people spell it different then how it sounds just because most people spell it the same.

  • Nicola
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Madelyn is just another spelling of Madeleine. All the Madeleines I've known have pronounced it Mad-uh-lyn

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm French and if you're spelling it Madeleine, which by the way is pretty old fashionned, you'd say it "Mad-uh-len", the last part pronounced like when you shorten Leonard to Len.

  • ...
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Mad-uh-line

    I've never heard Mad-uh-leen before and I was always under the impression that Madeleine/Madelyn/Madeline were all the same name just different spelling variations

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  • 1 decade ago

    I'd pronounce Madeleine as Mad-uh-lyn. Because every Madeleine I have known has spelt it Madeleine but pronounced it Mad-uh-lyn.

  • 1 decade ago

    Mad-uh-lin

  • 1 decade ago

    Mad-uh-lyn or Mad-uh-line. If I saw that name I'd probably assume it was one of the first two and ask which one it was. I'd be surprised if it was the third.

  • ALEXIS
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I pronounce it mad-uh-line.

  • 1 decade ago

    Either Mad-uh-lyn or Mad-uh-line, they both sound cute! Mad-uh-line sounds more french, but I hate Mad-uh-leen because it sounds like Kathleen and I hate that name...

  • Jamie
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Mad uh line

    (Mad uh lyn would be spelled like Madelyn or something like that)

    Edit:

    If it's a German way of spelling it, it's def Mad uh Line because the "ei" combo makes the long "i" sound in German, thought this might help a bit

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