Help:IPA for French

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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
IPA Examples
b beau
d doux
f fête
ɡ gain
k queue, cabas, kilohertz
l loup
m mou
n nous
ɲ agneau
p passé
ʁ roue
s sœur, hausse
ʃ chou
t tout
v vous
z zain, hase
ʒ joue, geai
Marginal consonants
tchao
Djibouti
ŋ parking
Vowels
IPA Examples
a patte
ɑ pâte1
ɑ̃ sans
e clé
ɛ faite
ɛː fête2
ɛ̃ saint
ə repeser
i si
œ sœur
œ̃ brun3
ø ceux
o sot
ɔ sort
ɔ̃ son
u sous
y su


Semivowels
IPA Examples
j fief
ɥ huit
w oui

Notes

  1. ^ often replaced by [a]
  2. ^ often replaced by [ɛ]
  3. ^ often replaced by [ɛ̃]

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