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Pronunciation and transcription of French words: online translator

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Transcription of French words will help you improve pronunciation

The pronunciation of French words may be difficult for people who begin to study French. For example, one French letter It may have 2-3 pronunciation options or 3-4 letters in a row can be pronounced as one sound! Reading rules in French are very complex and contain a huge number of exceptions.

This online translator allows you to translate the French text into phonetic transcription With symbols international phonetic alphabet. He will serve you as a guide to French pronunciation.

If you use regularly phonetic transcription In combination with audio and video materials in French, you can quickly improve their French pronunciation and listening skills.

To help you, we created Video training of French pronunciation. It will allow you to work out the pronunciation of the most used French words. You can set the reproduction speed and the number of repeated losses for each word.

Another great way to improve French pronunciation is to use the site section Learning French words by video. It is designed specifically for beginners. Each lesson has French subtitles, including With phonetic transcription.

Some French words They are written the same, but have different meanings and are also pronounced in different ways. Such words are called ric assemblies. Compare:

IL EST là [il ɛ la] ↔ à l 'EST [a lɛst]

The translator will try to determine the correct pronunciation of such words depending on the context. If this is not possible, the translator will highlight them with a light green color. If you bring the cursor to these words or click on them on a mobile device, you will be displayed all possible pronunciation options.

Pronunciation options (in cases where the word is pronounced in different ways by different native speakers or when the generation changes in fast speech) is highlighted in light blue. You can also bring the mouse to this word to see all possible options.

When creating the translator, we used online resources from the list below and other sources.

Liezon (binding) in French

In French, most consonants at the end of a word are not pronounced. For example:

• les livres /le livʁ/

However, in some cases they may or should be pronounced. For example:

• les amis /lez‿ami/

This phenomenon is called lezon (binding). In French, the lezon can be compulsory or optional.

Mandatory season

In such a lezon, the last consonant must be pronounced. Our translator most often successfully copes with such cases:

• nous avons /nuz‿avɔ̃/
• elles en achètent /ɛlz‿ɑ̃n‿aʃɛt/
• prenez-en /pʁənezɑ̃/

You can choose how the final consonants will be displayed:

1. les amis /lez‿ami/
2. les amis /le‿ zami/

Please note: the translator offers links to audio recordings that correspond to the transcription of the word, not its spelling. In the example above, if you select the first option, you will be shown a link to the ami audio recording. If you choose the second option, you won't be offered any links to entries, as there are no words in French that spell /zami/.

Optional season

In such a lezon, the last consonants can be pronounced, or they can be omitted. It depends on the style of speech (formal or informal), level of education and other factors. For example:

• j'avais ete
  /ʒavɛ ete/ or /ʒavɛ‿zete/
• des amis agreables
  /de‿ zami aɡʁeabl/ or /de‿ zami‿zaɡʁeabl/
• nous attendees encore
  /nu‿ zatɑ̃dɔ̃ ɑ̃kɔʁ/ or /nu‿ zatɑ̃dɔ̃‿zɑ̃kɔʁ/

The word-to-transcription translator almost never shows optional licenses.

Vowel lengthening at the end of a word

The translator of words in the transcription can add the lengthening character [ː] after long vowels at the end of the rhythm group. The rules for vowel lengthening are as follows:

1. All vowels (simple and nasal) become long if they are followed by a final consonant cluster /vʁ/ or a final single consonant /ʁ/, /z/, /v/, /ʒ/:
   /vʁ/ ➔ livre [liːvʁ], chanvre [ʃɑ̃ːvʁ]
   /ʁ/ ➔ faire [fɛːʁ], vinrent [vɛ̃ːʁ]
   /z/ ➔ française [fʁɑ̃sɛːz], onze [ɔ̃ːz]
   /v/ ➔ peuvent [pœːv]
   /ʒ/ ➔ usage [yzaːʒ], ange [ɑ̃ːʒ]
2. The simple vowels /ø/, /o/, /ɑ/ and all nasal vowels become long if they are followed by any single consonant or group of consonants:
   /ø/ ➔ émeute [emøːt], neutre [nøːtʁ]
   /o/ ➔ chaude [ʃoːd], autre [oːtʁ]
   /ɑ/ ➔ basse [bɑːs], plâtre [plɑːtʁ]
   /ɑ̃/ ➔ France [fʁɑ̃ːs], attendre [atɑ̃ːdʁ]
   /ɔ̃/ ➔ monde [mɔ̃ːd], rompre [ʁɔ̃ːpʁ]
   /ɛ̃/ ➔ mince [mɛ̃ːs], peintre [pɛ̃ːtʁ]

Color highlighting common French words

If you click Additional settings, you will see a special option that allows you to highlight the most common French words in different colors. Depending on the frequency rating, the words will be highlighted in the following colors:

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