How to say autumn (fall) 🍂 in French 🇫🇷 Speak better French now! To pronounce autumn well in French, imagine all those leaves that have fallen off the trees weigh a ton 🏋🏿‍♀️ - une tonne. Tonne is how you pronounce the last syllable (no hint of an ‘m’!) Automne (tonne) In autumn (fall) the leaves change colour and they fall from the trees. En automne les feuilles changent de couleur et elles tombent des arbres. Trees become more and more bare. 🍁 Les arbres deviennent de plus en plus nus. A