The following vowel combinations eu and oeu as in the french words "fleur" and "soeur" are pronounced by using the open or closed form this IPA mixed vowel symbol.
What is [oe] or [ø]?
100
The vowel letter a is always pronounced by using this IPA symbol.
What is [a]
100
Similar to birds in Italian, the letter c is pronounced like the following two IPA symbols based on the ca, co, cu, ce, ci concept.
What is [k] or [s]?
100
The number of nasal consonants that exist in the french language.
What is four?
100
The popular pastry croissant is pronounced like this, as well as other words with an oi combination such as moi, toi, and voila.
What is [wa]?
200
This mixed vowel is a combination of an [i] tongue position and an [u] lip position and is usually indicative of french words that are spelled with the vowel letter u such as sucre.
What is [y]?
200
The vowel sound found in the IPA symbol [u] is usually indicative of french words that include this vowel combination.
What is ou?
200
The combination ch as in chanter in french is usually pronounced by using this IPA symbol.
What is [ʃ]?
200
The following words are pronounced with this particular nasal vowel and IPA symbol, dans, serent, pendant, and enchantment.
What is [ɑ̃]?
200
Do words such as sommeil and femme include nasal vowels why or why not?
What is no because the double consonants de-nazalize the vowels.
300
The letter y in the french language is not a mixed vowel and not to be confused with the IPA symbol for the mixed vowel [y]. The IPA symbol for y is this is the french language.
What is [j]?
300
The vowel letter o or vowel combination au are both pronounced by these two open or closed IPA options.
What is [o] or [ɔ]?
300
Qu as in quelle is pronounced like this IPA symbol.
What is [k]?
300
This nasal vowel is found in the following french words, bon, ton, and sont.
What is /õ/?
300
An accent aigu is pronounced like this IPA symbol.
What is [e]?
400
Which mixed vowel is found in the following french words, pure, superb, and tu.
What is [y].
400
This is one the most frequently used vowels in the french language and can be seen in the words me, te, je, secret, premier, and nouvelle.
What is the schwa [ə]?
400
Provide the IPA symbol and one English word with the phonetic sound for the consonant j or ge, gi combinations, as in the french words je, joie, bijoux, or barage.
What is treasure, pleasure, or measure? What is [ʒ]?
400
This nasal vowel is found in the following words, sympatique, vin, pain, and impatient.
What is /ɛ̃/?
400
Accent grave holds this IPA symbol and leans to which direction?
What is /ɛ/?
500
This mixed vowel is found in the words jeux, yeux, and cheveux.
What is /ø/?
500
Words spelled with ai or ei vowel combinations are pronounced by using this IPA symbol such as the word Francais, etait, and veilles.
What is [ɛ]?
500
When a word ends in an s it is usually silent, however, when it is followed by a word that begins with a vowel, an elision occurs changing the sound of the s to this IPA symbol.
What is a voiced s [z]?
500
This nasal vowel is found in the following words, chacun, parfum, and l'un.
What is /œ̃/?
500
When u is followed by an i, as in the following words, nuit, suis, lui, this IPA symbol is used for the vowel letter u.