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The International Phonetic Alphabet for French is shown below in the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the French language using standard French pronunciations.
See French phonology for a more complete version.
| Consonants
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| IPA |
Examples
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| b
|
beau
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| d
|
doux
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| f
|
fête
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| g
|
gain
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| k
|
queue, cabas, kilohertz
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| l
|
loup
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| m
|
mou
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| n
|
nous
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| ɲ
|
agneau
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| p
|
passé
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| ʁ
|
roue
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| s
|
sœur
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| ʃ
|
chou
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| t
|
tout
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| v
|
vous
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| z
|
zain
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| ʒ
|
joue
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| Marginal consonants
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| tʃ
|
tchao
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| dʒ
|
Djibouti
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| ŋ
|
parking[1]
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| Vowels
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| IPA |
Examples
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| a
|
patte
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| ɑ
|
pâte[2]
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| ɑ̃
|
sans
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| ɛ
|
faite
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| ɛː
|
fête[3]
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| ɛ̃
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saint
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| ə
|
repeser
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| i
|
si
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| œ̃
|
brun[4]
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| œ
|
sœur
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| ø
|
ceux
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| o
|
sot
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| ɔ
|
sort
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| ɔ̃
|
son
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| u
|
sous
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| y
|
su
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Notes
- ^ [ŋ] also appears before velar consonants
- ^ often replaced by [a]
- ^ often replaced by [ɛ]
- ^ often replaced by [ɛ̃]
