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Voyelles en IPA
French has a total of 19 different vowel sounds and therefore 19 different IPA symbols for vowels, divided into three categories:
- normal/voiced vowels (12)
- nasal vowels (4)
- semi-vowels (3)
Click the links under "spelling" for detailed lessons on those letters, and the links under "examples" for sound files.
| IPA | Spelling | Examples |
| [a] | A | agac̩ Рcar |
| [ɑ] | Â AS | pâtes base |
| [e] | AI É ES EI ER EZ | gai été c’est peiner février nez |
| [ɛ] | È Ê E AI EI | exprès tête usuel anglais treize |
| [ə] | E | le – samedi (E instable) |
| [œ] | EU ŒU | heure cœur |
| [ø] | EU ŒU | hébreu vœu |
| [i] | I Y | six allons-y |
| [o] | O Ô AU EAU | numéro – rose à bientôt autobus bateau |
| [ɔ] | O | gazole – horrifié |
| [u] | OU | courgette – nous |
| [y] | U Û | tu – carburant bûcher |
| Nasal vowels | ||
| [ɑ̃] | AN AM EN EM | janvier lampe content décembre |
| [ɛ̃] | IN IM AIN EN YM etc. | cinq impuissant pain européen sympa |
| [ɔ̃] | ON OM | onze – bonbons nom – composter |
| [Å“̃] | UN UM | un – lundi humble |
| Semi-vowels | ||
| [j] | I IL ILL Y | question – bien fauteuil – bail grenouille – juillet yeux – yaourt |
| [w] | OI OU W | ouest – oui |
| [ɥ] | U | huit – Suède |
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