French (France) symbols

The service supports the following symbols for French.

Vowels

Table 1. Vowels (French)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
a	a ɑ ɐ	0061 0251 0250	pattes, lac, cave
e	e	0065	café, déformer, été
E	ɛ ɜ	025B 025C	faite, mai, herb
i	i ɪ	0069 026A	film, typique
o	o	006F	eau, aux, gauche
c	ɔ ɒ	0254 0252	Paul, note, échalotte
u	u ʊ	0075 028A	roue, où, tour
y	y ʏ	0079 028F	utile, pure, Bruno
x ¹	ə	0259	litres, marbre
'eu'	ø ɵ	00F8 0275	meugle, peu, joyeux
'oe'	œ ɶ	0153 0276	peur, coeur, jeune
'a~'	ã ɑ̃	0061+0303 0251+0303	banc, en, temps
'E~'	ẽ ɛ̃ æ̃	0065+0303 025B+0303 00E6+0303	fin, plein, faim
'o~'	õ ɔ̃	006F+0303 0254+0303	bon, pont, mon
'oe~'	œ̃	0153+0303	un, aucun, brun

Note:

The x is elided in certain contexts.

Consonants

Table 2. Consonants (French)
SPR symbol	IPA symbol	IPA Unicode	Example words
b	b	0062	bébé, balle, robe
d	d	0064	dort, dolmen
f	f	0066	chef, faim, phare
g	g ɡ	0067 0261	guerre, bague, garer
H	ɥ	0265	suis, lui, nuée
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 x χ	0072 0279 0280 0281 0078 03C7	parer, rare, carreau
s	s	0073	sans, ambition, façon
S	ʃ	0283	cheval, lâche, schéma
t	t	0074	ton, patte, théâtre
v	v	0076	laver, wagon, visiter
w	w	0077	oui, bouée, watt
z	z	007A	jaser, réseau, zigzaguer
Z	ʒ	0292	rage, gîte, jouer

Liaison

In 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 (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.