French Alphabet

French Letter English Sound Aa as in the word “ask” and never as in the word “able” Bb as in the word "basket" Cc as in the word "cactus" but change with vowel (see below). Dd as in the word "dad" Ee as in “some” but is very dependant of the letters attached (see below) Ff same as in English Gg like in the word "entourage", never pronounced as in the word “gym”. Pronunciation varies with letters attached. (see below) Hh mute letter. Ii as in the word “ink” never as in the word “island”. When followed by « n » or « m » is prononced like in the French word "Vin" Jj similar to the letter “g” Kk same as in English Ll same as in English, but when "ill" (like gentille) is pronunced « i » Mm same as in English Nn same as in English Oo same as in English “Old” never as in “Hot” which is pronounced somehow like {hat} Pp same as in English Qq Rarely used alone, with « u » to form « qu- » (like « macaque ») and is pronounced like « K ». Rr same as in English as in “Merci” Ss Same as in English (but mute when it's the mark of a plural form). Tt same as in « tart ». Uu sounds like “uu” (a bit like in « super »), never as in the word “up” or “university”. When followed by « n » to form « un » as in the French word « vin » Vv Same as in English (« Vancouver ») Ww sounds like “v” Xx same as in English Yy same as « i ». Zz Same as in English (« Fuzzy ») French Letter English Sound à, â, ù, û, ü, ô, î Same as the regular matching letter in French é sounds more like in « ai » in « fairy » E sounds more like in « grey » (but more low-pitched) ê sounds like “é” (but a bit more low-pitched) French Letter English Sound œ sounds like the « e » in « love » Ch sounds sometimes like “sh”. Qu sounds like “K”. Gu sounds like in « guitar » or « gualapagos » ç sounds sometimes like “s”. au Sounds like « o » Ou Sounds like « oo » like in « Whoose » An / am/ en/ em Sounds like in « abundant » but with some prononciation variants between all of this forms in /im Sounds like the pronunciation of the number 1 in French ai sounds like the « é » oi sounds like « wa » . ei sounds like “è”. Ce / ci In this case, « c » sounds like « s » eu sounds like « » . er sounds like “é” when at the end of a word (not like manager). aux Sounds like « o » and the X is mute. gn Always like in "campaign"