> if I'm reading "32 bits" in a french text then yes of course it sounds exactly like "32 bites". My impression in France was that "bite" had the "i" sound sli

> if I'm reading "32 bits" in a french text then yes of course it sounds exactly like "32 bites". My impression in France was that "bite" had the "i" sound slightly longer than in "bit". Some of the pronounciations at https://forvo.com/word/bite/#fr https://forvo.com/word/bite/#fr definitely lengthen it, but not all. Unfortunately there is only one recording for https://forvo.com/word/bit/#fr https://forvo.com/word/bit/#fr for comparison.