| 모음 |
| IPA | 사실상 현대의 파리 발음 | 예시 | 영어의 유사 발음 |
| a | a |
patte |
roughly like pat |
| ɑ |
pâte; glas[6] |
roughly like pat (or like bra in conservative accents and Quebec French) |
| e |
clé; les; chez; aller; pied |
pay |
| ɛ | ɛ |
mère; est; abdomen; faite |
best |
| ɛː |
fête; maître; reine; scène; caisse; reître[7] |
says |
| i |
si; île; y |
bee |
| ə | ø |
le; reposer[8] |
again (often elided) |
| ø |
ceux; jeûne |
roughly like bird (British English) |
| œ |
sœur; jeune |
bird (British English) |
| o |
sot; hôtel; haut; bureau |
roughly like law (British English) or note (American English) |
| ɔ |
sort; minimum |
similar to not (British English) or caught (American English)[9] |
| u |
coup |
too |
| y |
tu; sûr |
roughly like too in Australian English |
| Nasal |
| ɑ̃ | ɒ̃ |
sans; champ; vent; temps; Jean; taon[10] |
roughly like want (British English) or haunt (American English) |
| ɛ̃ | æ̃ |
vin; impair; pain; daim; plein; Reims; bien[11] |
roughly like pant |
| œ̃ |
un; parfum[12] |
roughly like pant (or, in conservative accents or Quebec French, roughly like burnt but without pronouncing the r). |
| ɔ̃ | õ |
son; nom[13] |
roughly like don't (American English) or haunt (British English) |
| |
| Suprasegmentals |
| IPA |
Example | Explanation |
| ˈ |
moyen /mwaˈjɛ̃/[14] |
phrasal stress |
| . |
pays /pe.i/[15] |
syllable boundary |
| ‿ |
les agneaux /lez‿aˈɲo/ |
liaison[16] |