French (Canadian) symbols

The service supports the following symbols for Canadian French.

Vowels

Table 1. Vowels (Canadian French)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
a	a	0061	pattes, lac, cave, information
A	ɑ	0251	char, mâle
e	e	0065	café, deformer, été
E	ɛ ɜ	025B 025C	faite, dresser, père, annuaire, fête
i	i	0069	si, typique
I	ɪ	026A	site, plastique, ride
o	o	006F	paule, beau, tôt, côté, vaudevilliste
c	ɔ ɒ	0254 0252	paul, note, échalotte, loge, encore
u	u	0075	roue, où, tour, four, douze
U	ʊ	028A	foule, mousse
y	y	0079	utile, pure, Bruno, dur, buse
Y	ʏ	028F	autobus, chute
x	ə	0259	le, que
'eu'	ø ɵ	00F8 0275	jeûne, émeute, meuglement
'oe'	œ ɶ	0153 0276	peur, jeune, déjeuner, cependant, cheval
'a~'	ã ɑ̃	0061+0303 0251+0303	banc, en, temps
'E~'	ẽ ɛ̃	0065+0303 025B+0303	fin, plein, faim
'o~'	õ ɔ̃	006F+0303 0254+0303	bon, pont, mon
'oe~'	œ̃	0153+0303	un, aucun

Consonants

Table 2. Consonants (Canadian French)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
b	b	0062	bébé, balle, robe
d	d	0064	dort, dolmen
D	dz ʣ	0064+007A 02A3	duque, dire
f	f	0066	chef, faim, phare
g	g ɡ	0067 0261	guerre, bague, garer
H	ɥ	0265	suis, lui
j	j ʎ	006A 028E	hiérarchie, paille, yoga
k	k	006B	kilo, caler, quai
l	l	006C	litre, illisible, pâle
m	m	006D	maman, femme, miser
n	n	006E	Anne, ni, maniaque
'ng'	ŋ	014B	parking, camping
'nj'	ɲ	0272	agneau, campagne
p	p	0070	porte, prêt, guêpe
r	r ɹ ʀ ʁ	0072 0279 0280 0281	parer, rare, carreau
s	s	0073	sans, ambition, façon
S	ʃ	0283	cheval, lâche, schéma
t	t	0074	ton, patte, théâtre
T	ts ʦ	0074+0073 02A6	petit, tuque
v	v	0076	laver, wagon, visiter
w	w	0077	oui, watt
z	z	007A	jaser, réseau, zigzaguer
Z	ʒ	0292	rage, gîte, jouer

Liaison

In Canadian French, the _ (underscore) can be used immediately following the final consonant of a word (but within the double-quotes that enclose the SPR) to indicate that it is a liaison consonant. A liaison consonant is pronounced only if the word that follows begins with a vowel.

Table 3. Liaison (Canadian French)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode
_	‿	203F

Examples of words with and without the liaison symbol follow:

"p0'oe't1it_": The t is pronounced only if the following word begins with a vowel.
"nEt": The t is always pronounced.

A dictionary entry petit with the translation value "p'oe't1it_" has the final t pronounced in the input string un petit ami but not in the input string un petit chien. An entry with the translation value "nEt" has the final t pronounced regardless of context.