French


Consonants
  IPA   Examples English
approximation
b beau beau
d doux do
f fête; pharmacie festival
ɡ gain; guerre gain
k cabas; archque; aquarelle; kelvin sky
l loup loop
m mou; femme moo
n 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 hasard; zéro zeal
ʒ joue; geai measure
Semivowels
j fief; payer; fille; travail yes
w oui; loi; moyen; web we
ɥ huit between yet and wet

Vowels
  IPA   Examples English
approximation
a patte pat
ɑ pâte; glas[2] bra
e clé; les; chez; aller; pied pay
ɛ mère; est; abdomen; faite best
ɛː fête; mtre[3] long [ɛ]
ə le; reposer[4] minor (often elided)
i si; île; y beet
œ sœur; jeune roughly like bird

(esp. in RP)
ø ceux; jne
o sot; hôtel; haut; bureau mole
ɔ sort; minimum sore
u coup coo
y tu; sûr roughly like cute
Nasal vowels
ɑ̃ sans; champ; vent; temps; Jean; taon nasalized [ɑ]
ɛ̃ vin; impair; pain; daim; plein; Reims nasalized [ɛ]
œ̃ brun, parfum[5] nasalized [œ]
ɔ̃ son; nom nasalized [ɔ]
 
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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