diff --git a/grammar.go b/grammar.go
index aeabf22..ba52611 100644
--- a/grammar.go
+++ b/grammar.go
@@ -496,11 +496,16 @@ func maybeElideArticle(article, word, lang string) string {
 	if !isFrenchLanguage(lang) {
 		return article
 	}
+	if !startsWithVowelSound(word) {
+		return article
+	}
 	switch core.Lower(article) {
-	case "le", "la", "de", "je", "me", "te", "se", "ne":
-		if startsWithVowelSound(word) {
-			return "l'"
-		}
+	case "le", "la", "de", "je", "me", "te", "se", "ne", "ce":
+		// French elision keeps the leading consonant and replaces the final
+		// vowel with an apostrophe: le/la -> l', de -> d', je -> j', etc.
+		return core.Lower(article[:1]) + "'"
+	case "que":
+		return "qu'"
 	}
 	return article
 }
diff --git a/grammar_test.go b/grammar_test.go
index 5dfbac1..07c63ba 100644
--- a/grammar_test.go
+++ b/grammar_test.go
@@ -349,6 +349,83 @@ func TestArticleFrenchLocale(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestArticleFrenchElisionKeepsLeadingConsonant(t *testing.T) {
+	prevData := GetGrammarData("fr")
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		SetGrammarData("fr", prevData)
+	})
+
+	prev := Default()
+	svc, err := New()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	SetDefault(svc)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		SetDefault(prev)
+	})
+
+	if err := SetLanguage("fr"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetLanguage(fr) failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	SetGrammarData("fr", &GrammarData{
+		Nouns: map[string]NounForms{
+			"amie":   {One: "amie", Other: "amies", Gender: "f"},
+			"accord": {One: "accord", Other: "accords", Gender: "d"},
+			"homme":  {One: "homme", Other: "hommes", Gender: "m"},
+			"idole":  {One: "idole", Other: "idoles", Gender: "j"},
+		},
+		Articles: ArticleForms{
+			IndefiniteDefault: "un",
+			IndefiniteVowel:   "un",
+			Definite:          "le",
+			ByGender: map[string]string{
+				"d": "de",
+				"f": "la",
+				"j": "je",
+				"m": "le",
+			},
+		},
+	})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		word string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"homme", "l'"},
+		{"amie", "l'"},
+		{"accord", "d'"},
+		{"idole", "j'"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.word, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := Article(tt.word)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("Article(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.word, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	phraseTests := []struct {
+		word string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"accord", "d'accord"},
+		{"idole", "j'idole"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range phraseTests {
+		t.Run(tt.word+"_phrase", func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := ArticlePhrase(tt.word)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ArticlePhrase(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.word, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 type pluralizeOverrideLoader struct{}
 
 func (pluralizeOverrideLoader) Languages() []string {
diff --git a/reversal/tokeniser.go b/reversal/tokeniser.go
index 58de779..7ed8189 100644
--- a/reversal/tokeniser.go
+++ b/reversal/tokeniser.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	i18n "dappco.re/go/core/i18n"
 )
 
+var frenchElisionPrefixes = []string{"l", "d", "j", "m", "t", "s", "n", "c", "qu"}
+
 // VerbMatch holds the result of a reverse verb lookup.
 type VerbMatch struct {
 	Base  string // Base form of the verb ("delete", "run")
@@ -606,7 +608,7 @@ func (t *Tokeniser) MatchArticle(word string) (string, bool) {
 	}
 	if t.isFrenchLanguage() {
 		switch lower {
-		case "l'", "l’", "les":
+		case "l'", "l’", "d'", "d’", "j'", "j’", "m'", "m’", "t'", "t’", "s'", "s’", "n'", "n’", "c'", "c’", "qu'", "qu’", "les":
 			return "definite", true
 		case "un", "une", "des":
 			return "indefinite", true
@@ -1122,14 +1124,22 @@ func (t *Tokeniser) splitFrenchElision(raw string) (string, string, bool) {
 		return "", raw, false
 	}
 
-	if lower[0] != 'l' {
-		return "", raw, false
-	}
-
-	if idx := strings.IndexAny(raw, "'’"); idx == 1 {
-		_, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(raw[idx:])
-		if size > 0 {
-			return raw[:idx+size], raw[idx+size:], true
+	for _, prefix := range frenchElisionPrefixes {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(lower, prefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		idx := len(prefix)
+		if idx >= len(raw) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if idx < len(raw) {
+			r, size := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(raw[idx:])
+			if r != '\'' && r != '’' {
+				continue
+			}
+			if size > 0 {
+				return raw[:idx+size], raw[idx+size:], true
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/reversal/tokeniser_test.go b/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
index da1587d..762041d 100644
--- a/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
+++ b/reversal/tokeniser_test.go
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ func TestTokeniser_Tokenise_FrenchElision(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("tokens[1].Lower = %q, want %q", tokens[1].Lower, "enfant")
 	}
 
+	tokens = tok.Tokenise("d'enfant")
+	if len(tokens) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(%q) returned %d tokens, want 2", "d'enfant", len(tokens))
+	}
+	if tokens[0].Type != TokenArticle {
+		t.Fatalf("tokens[0].Type = %v, want TokenArticle", tokens[0].Type)
+	}
+	if tokens[1].Type != TokenNoun {
+		t.Fatalf("tokens[1].Type = %v, want TokenNoun", tokens[1].Type)
+	}
+
 	tokens = tok.Tokenise("l’enfant")
 	if len(tokens) != 2 {
 		t.Fatalf("Tokenise(%q) returned %d tokens, want 2", "l’enfant", len(tokens))