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Pronunciation of Ysabel?
I'm currently reading a book called Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay. I would like to know how to correctly pron. the name, as it is a crutial part of the book.My librarian says it's Yaz-a-bell but my friend thinks it's just pron. like Isobel. I've also heard Eees-a-bell? Do you have any insight? Thanks!
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Ees-sah-belle
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I'd say EE-sah-bel (just like how I'd say Isabel)
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Ysabel is an older Spanish form of Isabel, and is pronounced the same. It is pronouned ee-sah-BEL.
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It's pronounced the same as Isabel.
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I tend to say EES-ah-bel, but also sometimes EEZ-ah-bel. You definitely do not pronounce the Y as a consonant; it's nothing like the beginning of "you" or "yes," for example. It's not YEES-ah-bel, for sure.I like it, it's on my PNL.Welcome to BtN, by the way, I hope you enjoy it here. For future reference, may I direct you to the Facts board? Click on the Other Boards link, at the top of this page, to find Facts. Questions of pronunciation, meaning, origin, etetera, are typically addressed on that board.I hope the answers you receive here have helped. :-)
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It's ee-sa-bel according to babynamesworld.com, which would have been my first guess.http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Ysabel.html
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I'm not sure what the correct pronunciation is but I pronounce it iz-ah-bell, the same way I pronounce Isabel/Isabelle.
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It might be like ees-a-bell, like Yvette or Yvonne.Or just a kre8iv Isabel, pronounced just the same.
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I would pronounce it Yeez-abel
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