IPA Vowels Flashcards
1
Q
[ i ]
A
High front unrounded vowel fille [ fij ] ‘girl’
2
Q
[ e ]
A
High-mid front unrounded vowel été [ ete ] ‘summer’
3
Q
[ ɛ ]
A
Low-mid front unrounded vowel lait [ lɛ ] ‘milk’
4
Q
[ a ]
A
Low vowel là [ la ] ‘there’
5
Q
[ ɔ ]
A
Low-mid back rounded vowel homme [ ɔm ] ‘man’
6
Q
[ o ]
A
High-mid back rounded vowel eau [ o ] ‘water’
7
Q
[ u ]
A
High back rounded vowel tout [ tu ] ‘everything’
8
Q
[ y ]
A
High front rounded vowel tu [ ty ] ‘you’
9
Q
[ ø ]
A
High-mid front rounded vowel yeux [ jø ] ‘eyes’
10
Q
[ œ ]
A
Low-mid front rounded vowel oeuf [ œf ] ‘egg’
11
Q
[ ɛ̃ ]
A
Low-mid front unrounded NASAL vowel un [ ɛ̃ ] ‘a (masc.)’
12
Q
[ ɑ̃ ]
A
Low unrounded NASAL vowel an [ ɑ̃ ] ‘year’
13
Q
[ ɔ̃ ]
A
Low-mid back rounded NASAL vowel bon [ bɔ̃ ] ‘good’
14
Q
[ ə ]
A
Mid central vowel (schwa) le [ lə ] ‘the (masc.)’
