Frontenex
Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Frontenex (French pronunciation: [fʁɔ̃tnɛks]; Arpitan: Frontna) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
01Toponymy
As with many polysyllabic Arpitan toponyms or anthroponyms, the final -x marks oxytonic stress (on the last syllable), whereas the final -z indicates paroxytonic stress (on the penultimate syllable) and should not be pronounced, although in French it is often mispronounced due to hypercorrection.
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- Frontenex (panneau).JPG by Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0
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