The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents French pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.
English approximations are in some cases very rough, and only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. See French phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds.
French has no word-level stress, so stress marks should not be used in transcribing French words. See here for explanation.
കൂടുതൽ വിവരങ്ങൾ Consonants, Examples ...
Consonants |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
[b] |
beau |
beau |
[d] |
doux |
do |
[f] |
fête; pharmacie |
festival |
[ɡ] |
gain; guerre |
gain |
[k] |
cabas; archaïque; kelvin |
sky |
[l] |
loup |
loop |
[m] |
mou; femme |
moo |
[n̪] |
nous; bonne |
no |
[ɲ] |
agneaux |
roughly like canyon |
[ŋ] |
parking |
sing |
[p] |
passé |
spy |
[ʁ] |
roue; rhume[1] |
guttural r |
[s] |
sa; hausse; ce; garçon; option; scie |
sir |
[ʃ] |
chou; schème; shampooing |
shoe |
[t] |
tout; thé |
sty |
[v] |
vous; wagon |
view |
[z] |
hase; zéro |
zoo |
[ʒ] |
joue; geai |
measure |
Semivowels |
[j] |
fief; payer; fille; travail |
yes |
[w] |
oui; loi; moyen; web |
we |
[ɥ] |
huit |
simultaneous [j] and [w] ([j] with the rounded lips of [w]) |
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Vowels |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
Oral |
[ä] |
patte |
pat |
[ɑ] |
pâte; glas[2] |
bra |
[e] |
clé; les; chez; aller; pied |
pay |
[ɛ] |
mère; est; faite |
best |
[ɛː] |
fête; maître[3] |
long [ɛ] |
[ə] |
le; reposer[4] |
sofa, police (often elided) |
[i] |
si; île; y |
bin |
[œ] |
sœur; jeune |
roughly like bird (esp. in RP) |
[ø] |
ceux; jeûne |
[o] |
sot; hôtel; haut; bureau |
sole |
[ɔ] |
sort |
sort |
[u] |
coup |
coo |
[y] |
tu; sûr |
roughly like cute |
Nasal |
[ɑ̃] |
sans; vent champ; temps; taon |
nasalized [ɑ] |
[ɛ̃] |
vin; chien; daim train; plein; Reims |
nasalized [ɛ] |
[œ̃] |
brun, parfum[5] |
nasalized [œ] |
[ɔ̃] |
son; nom |
nasalized [ɔ] |
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Suprasegmentals |
IPA |
Example | Explanation |
[ˈ] |
moyen [mwaˈjɛ̃][6] |
Phrasal stress |
[.] |
pays [pe.i][7] |
Syllable boundary |
‿ |
les agneaux [lez‿aˈɲo] |
liaison[8] |
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