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.
ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ Consonants, Examples ...
Consonants |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
b |
beau |
beau |
d |
doux |
do |
f |
fête; pharmacie |
festival |
ɡ |
gain; guerre |
gain |
k |
cabas; archaïque; aquarelle; kelvin |
sky |
l |
loup |
loop |
m |
mou; femme |
moo |
n |
nous; bonne |
no |
ɲ |
agneaux[1] |
roughly like canyon |
p |
passé |
spy |
ʁ |
roue; rhume[2] |
roughly like loch (Scottish English) |
s |
sa; hausse; ce; garçon; option; scie |
sir |
ʃ |
chou; schème; shampooing |
shoe |
t |
tout; thé |
sty |
v |
vous; wagon |
view |
z |
hasard; zéro |
zeal |
ʒ |
joue; geai |
measure |
Non-native consonants |
ŋ |
camping[3] |
camping |
x |
jota; khamsin[4] |
loch (Scottish English) |
Semivowels |
j |
fief; payer; fille; travail |
yes |
w |
oui; loi; moyen; web |
we |
ɥ |
huit |
between yet and wet |
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Vowels |
IPA | Examples | English approximation |
a |
patte |
roughly like pat |
ɑ |
pâte; glas[5] |
bra |
e |
clé; les; chez; aller; pied |
pay |
ɛ |
mère; est; abdomen; faite |
best |
ɛː |
fête; maître; reine; scène; caisse; reître[6] |
says |
ə |
le; reposer[7] |
again (often elided) |
i |
si; île; y |
bee |
œ |
sœur; jeune |
roughly like bird |
ø |
ceux; jeûne |
roughly like bird |
o |
sot; hôtel; haut; bureau |
roughly like law (British English) |
ɔ |
sort; minimum |
not |
u |
coup |
too |
y |
tu; sûr |
roughly like few |
Nasal vowels |
ɑ̃ |
sans; champ; vent; temps; Jean; taon[8] |
roughly like croissant |
ɛ̃ |
vin; impair; pain; daim; plein; Reims; bien[9] |
uh-huh |
œ̃ |
un; parfum[10] |
roughly like turn |
ɔ̃ |
son; nom |
roughly like own |
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Suprasegmentals |
IPA |
Example | Explanation |
ˈ |
moyen [mwaˈjɛ̃][11] |
phrasal stress |
. |
pays [pe.i][12] |
syllable boundary |
‿ |
les agneaux [lez‿aˈɲo] |
liaison[13] |
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