Consonants
IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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b
|
bon
|
about
| d
|
deux, grande
|
today
| f
|
faire, vif
|
festival
| ?
|
garçon, longue
|
again
| k
|
corps, avec
|
sky
| l
|
laisser, possible, seul
|
loo
| m
|
même
|
moo
| n
|
nous, bonne
|
no
| ?
|
gagner, champagne[1] |
canyon; nothing yet
| ?
|
camping, funk[2] |
camping
| p
|
père, groupe
|
spy
| ?
|
regarder, nôtre[3] |
Guttural R, Scottish English loch, but voiced
| s
|
sans, ça, assez
|
sir
| ?
|
chance
|
shoe
| t
|
tout, thé, grand-oncle
|
sty
| v
|
vous, wagon, neuf heures
|
vein
| z
|
zéro, raison, chose
|
zeal
| ?
|
jamais, visage
|
measure
| Semivowels
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j
|
fief, payer, fille, travail, hier
|
yet
| w
|
oui, loi, moyen, web, whisky
|
wet
| ?
|
huit, Puy
|
Huey
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Vowels
Oral vowels
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IPA |
Examples |
English approximation
|
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a
|
patte, là, femme
|
trap
| ?
|
pâte, glas[4] |
bra
| e
|
clé, les, chez, aller, pied, journée
|
mace
| ?
|
baie, faite, mettre, renne, crème, peine
|
best
| ?:
|
fête, maître, mètre, reine, reître, caisse, presse, Lévesque[4] |
fairy
| ?
|
reposer, monsieur, faisons
|
again (often elided, see e muet)
| i
|
si, île, régie, pays, fils
|
seat
| oe
|
soeur, jeune, club (Europe)
|
bird (Australian)
| ø
|
ceux, jeûner, queue
|
roughly like bird
| o
|
saut, haut, bureau, chose
|
story
| ?
|
sort, minimum, hôpital
|
off
| u
|
coup, roue
|
shoot
| y
|
tu, sûr, rue
|
roughly like too in Australian English
| Nasal vowels
|
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sans, champ, vent, temps, Jean, taon
|
roughly like song; nasalized (Europe) or (Quebec)
|
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vin, impair, pain, daim, plein, Reims, synthèse, sympathique, bien
|
roughly like hang; nasalized (Europe) or (Quebec)
| oe?
|
un, parfum[4] |
roughly like burn; nasalized
|
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son, nom
|
roughly like drawn (Australian); nasalized (France) or (Quebec)
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