Bon appétit means - "Have a good appetite" / "Enjoy your meal." It's pronounced like [Bohn app aytee]. (The final "t" is silent.) It comes from the masculine noun "l'appétit" (= "appetite, healthy desire for food"). That's why we write "Bon" (= masculine for "good") and NOT "Bonne" (= feminine for "good") appétit for "good appetite". However, Bon ends with a consonant letter and is followed by a vowel (a), so we make la liaison – the "n" is no longer silent, and Bon instead sounds like Bonne. Bon appétit !
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Bon appétit means - "Have a good appetite" / "Enjoy your meal."
It's pronounced like [Bohn app aytee]. (The final "t" is silent.)
It comes from the masculine noun "l'appétit" (= "appetite, healthy desire for food").
That's why we write "Bon" (= masculine for "good") and NOT "Bonne" (= feminine for "good") appétit for "good appetite".
However, Bon ends with a consonant letter and is followed by a vowel (a), so we make la liaison – the "n" is no longer silent, and Bon instead sounds like Bonne.
Bon appétit !
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