Xelloss
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"Eu" in French is this soundAmerican English would pronounce it as "loo-tenants." The actual correct French pronunciation would be more along the lines of "leeuh-tehn-ahn," given the nasal sounds that French represents as (vowel)n in writing.
Sadly for those learning French, we don't do that either.And that's one thing I do love about languages that aren't English--they are generally much more consistent in their spelling rules, meaning that if you can see how it's spelled, you can probably pronounce it.
Either because it used to, but the prononciation changed in the following centuries, because some word were codified to show their ethymology instead of their prononciation, or just because some academics from a few hundred years ago thought it looked better this way (I'm looking at you "ph")...