Talk:Lavalier

Pronunciation

Is it lava-leer or lava-lee-eh? Rojomoke (talk) 09:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

It's [la va LEER]. The original French name had an E on the end, indicating that the R is pronounced. The Americanized version retains the pronunciation. --Tysto (talk) 21:29, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

The French version doesn't always have an ⟨e⟩ and actually indicates its pronunciation with the accent grave. The Americanized version would generally pronounce the r regardless. — LlywelynII 22:21, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

What do the French really mean by "une lavallière"?

"Lavallière" is still the French name for an ascot tie., says this article.

According to Ascot tie and fr:Lavallière, they are not the same: what the French call "une lavallière" is a very large bow tie, with large loops and tails hanging down in front of the breast from a closed shirt collar, while "an Ascot tie", worn inside the open shirt collar, would in French be called "un foulard" — of the around-the-neck variety. — Tonymec (talk) 22:28, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

Well, if there were any sources cited in this article—any st all—we might know. Morganfitzp (talk) 12:31, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

New image

Reading this article, I think there should be a different image to represent a lavalier. Despite the title literally being "The Lavalier", it doesn't actually show a reader what a lavalier is. I am still not entirely sure what the difference is between a necklace, pendant, and lavalier, in part because there is not a representative image on this page. Still, I think an image like this one (or one with an actual lavalier) would better help readers visualize what this page is about.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrs._Lillian_Harris_Coffin_149008v.jpg ~2026-37557-06 (talk) 19:41, 30 June 2026 (UTC)