So, continue with the word and the troph is pronounced traf. While I am on this subject, let’s back up to auxotroph - finally, the -aux is pronounced phonetically, au and x.
Bordeaux, that southwestern French region that produces the wonderful wine with its same name, and the aux is pronounced with that long oo. Now, put the -aux behind a letter or letters, and the aux is pronounced as the long oo - faux, beaux (that’s plural for beau and both are pronounced the same - as boo - long oo –, to which is not to be confused with boo!, the ew you hear when you want to scare someone - boo!), or maybe there is a little Bordeaux with dinner tonight. I looked at words that started with aux-, such as auxiliary or auxotroph, and then the -aux is pronounced how I would phonetically pronounce it - as au and the x - auxiliary. Of course, I am sure there are exceptions to what I think I know or have learned. I also learned something about that -aux pronunciation. The single word - faux - originates from the 1980s, so I am cleared of that blunder, or what is the equivalent of today’s French meaning of faux pas as being a social blunder. The one-word faux hasn’t been around that long in the American language but faux with other words have been around the English language since the 1600s. Today, faux pas is shortened to faux and means fake or imitation. Faux is French, a shortened version of faux pas, which is pronounced foo pass, in the American language, and the original meaning is a misstep in ballet. I was taught phonics in school and I continue to go by the rules. I was corrected with - it is pronounced foo (where you here the f and the long oo), and I will admit, I do mispronounce words.
The other day I was having a phone conversation about having faux bricks on my living room wall, and mispronounced “faux”, phonetically pronouncing it with the au and x.
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