Consonants| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
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| b | bonⓘ | about | | d | deuxⓘ,grandeⓘ,Djiboutiⓘ | today | | f | faireⓘ,vifⓘ | festival | | ɡ | garçonⓘ,longueⓘ | again | | k | corpsⓘ,avecⓘ,quandⓘ,Irakⓘ | sky | | l | laisserⓘ,possibleⓘ,seulⓘ,villeⓘ | law | | m | mêmeⓘ | moo | | n | nousⓘ,bonneⓘ | no | | ɲ | gagnerⓘ,champagneⓘ[note 1] | canyon | | ŋ | campingⓘ,funkⓘ[note 2] | camping | | p | pèreⓘ,groupeⓘ | spy | | ʁ | regarderⓘ,nôtreⓘ[note 3] | Scottish English loch,butvoiced;Northumbrian burr | | s | sansⓘ,çaⓘ,assezⓘ,soixanteⓘ,sixⓘ | sir | | ʃ | chanceⓘ,tchèqueⓘ | shoe | | t | toutⓘ,théⓘ,tchèqueⓘ | sty | | v | vousⓘ,wagon, neuf heures | vein | | z | zéroⓘ,raisonⓘ,choseⓘ,deuxièmeⓘ | zeal | | ʒ | jamaisⓘ,visageⓘ,Djiboutiⓘ | measure | | Semivowels |
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| j | fiefⓘ,payerⓘ,filleⓘ,travailⓘ,hierⓘ | yet | | w | ouiⓘ,loiⓘ,moyenⓘ,web,whisky | wet | | ɥ | huitⓘ,Puyⓘ | betweenwetandyet | | Vowels| Oral vowels |
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| a | patte, là, femme | trap | | ɑ | pâte, glas[note 4] | father | | e | clé,et, les, chez, aller, pied, journée | mace | | ɛ | baie, faite, mettre, renne, crème, peine, violet | best | | ɛː | fête, maître, reine, reître, caisse, presse, Levesque[note 4] | fairy | | ə | reposer, monsieur, faisons[note 5] | again(oftenelided, seee muet) | | i | si,île, régie, pays, fils[note 6] | seat | | œ | sœur, jeune | bird(RP) | | ø | ceux, jeûner, queue | burn(RP), GermanÖsterreich | | o | saut, haut, bureau, chose, tôt, cône | story | | ɔ | sort, minimum, pomme | off | | u | coup, roue[note 6] | pool | | y | tu, sûr, rue[note 6] | roughly like tooin some dialects such asAustralian;[note 7] somewhat like cutein other dialects;Germanüber | | Nasal vowels |
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| ɑ̃ | sans, champ, vent, temps, Jean, taon | roughly like song | | ɛ̃ | vin,impair, pain, daim, plein, Reims, synthèse, sympathique, bien | roughly like hangor Spanishángel | | œ̃ | unⓘ,parfumⓘ[note 4] | roughly like non-rhotic burn;nasalized[œ] | | ɔ̃ | son, nom | roughly like Australian drawn | |