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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) should be applied to represent French language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
English approximations are in some cases very approximate, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See French phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of French.
| Consonants |
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent |
| b |
beau |
beau |
| d |
doux |
do |
| f |
fête |
festival |
| ɡ |
gain |
gain |
| ɥ |
huit |
(simultaneous y and w) |
| j |
fief, fille |
yes |
| k |
queue, cabas |
sky |
| l |
loup |
clean |
| m |
mou |
moo |
| n |
nous |
no |
| ɲ |
agneau |
canyon |
| p |
passé |
spy |
| ʁ |
roue |
(French r) |
| s |
sœur, hausse |
sir |
| ʃ |
chou |
shoe |
| t |
tout |
sty |
| v |
vous |
view |
| w |
oui |
we |
| z |
zain, hase |
zoo |
| ʒ |
joue, geai |
fusion |
| Marginal consonants |
| tʃ |
tchao |
chow |
| dz |
tzar |
buds |
| dʒ |
Djibouti |
job |
| ŋ |
parking |
parking |
|
| Vowels |
| IPA |
Examples |
nearest English equivalent |
| a |
patte |
pat |
| ɑ |
pâte[1] |
bra |
| ɑ̃ |
sans |
vin blanc (nasal) |
| e |
clé |
clay |
| ɛ |
faite |
festival |
| ɛː |
fête[2] |
(as ɛ, but longer) |
| ɛ̃ |
saint |
vin blanc (nasal) |
| ə |
repeser |
about, sofa |
| i |
si |
see |
| œ |
sœur |
rounded end |
| œ̃ |
brun[3] |
rounded end (nasalised) |
| ø |
ceux |
rounded way |
| o |
sot |
sole |
| ɔ |
sort |
sort |
| ɔ̃ |
son |
(nasal) |
| u |
sous |
zoo |
| y |
su |
rounded seen |
- ^ often replaced by [a]
- ^ often replaced by [ɛ]
- ^ often replaced by [ɛ̃]
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