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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents French language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
In modern Quebec French, the /iː/ phoneme is used only in loanwords: cheap. The phonemes /y/ and /yː/ are not distinct in modern French of France or in modern Quebec French; the spelling <û> was the /yː/ phoneme, but flûte is pronounced with a short /y/ in modern French of France and in modern Quebec French.
("Damn, he's gay, that guy there"). European French = PD / pédé: fin, fine: nice, sweet (of a person) In Europe = mignon, mignonne: flo: a kid (perhaps 10 years old or so) Might possibly be an anglicism from "fellow"; European French = môme / gosses / les drôles: fret(te) cold Denotes something colder than merely ça caille ! / Il fait ...
In the latter case, the outcome is an open central between the two (not shown on the chart). Standard French contrasts up to 13 oral vowels and up to 4 nasal vowels. The schwa (in the center of the diagram next to this paragraph) is not necessarily a distinctive sound.
French speakers tend as much as possible to avoid a hiatus or a succession of two consonants between two words, in a more or less artificial way. The Académie Française considers careful pronunciation (but without the mandatory reading of "null e ' s") to be necessary in a formal setting.
- I find the sound in book more similar to the French o than story which resembles /ɔ̃/ in French - lab in British English is pronounced /a/ rather than /æ/, hence would be a better example than trap - the sound in mace (/ɛ/) in BE just isn't the same as in clé (/e/) - monsieur & faisons resembles /ø/ rather than /ə/ Couiros22 18:40, 5 September 2023 (UTC) []
French kissing sounds super spicy, but tbh, it can be confusing to know the difference between this kind of make-out sesh and other types of kisses. Locking lips is an art, and just like any other ...
Guy Andre Hebert (French pronunciation: [ɡi eˈbɛʁ]; born January 7, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is a graduate of La Salle Institute in Troy and Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Despite being American, he uses the French pronunciation of his first and last name.