handicapé

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.di.ka.pe/

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handicapé (feminine handicapée, masculine plural handicapés, feminine plural handicapées)

1. disabled, handicapped

handicapé m (plural handicapés, feminine handicapée)

1. handicapped person

handicapé (feminine handicapée, masculine plural handicapés, feminine plural handicapées)

1. past participle of handicaper

The mute (unaspirated) pronunciation is very common in France, so much so that it might not be perceived as nonstandard by some speakers. The related noun handicap, however, is always pronounced with an aspirated h. See harcèlement.

• “handicapé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.