FRENCH PRONUNCIATION French alphabet THE FRENCH LANGUAGE HAS 26 LETTERS: 20 CONSONANTS AND 6 VOWELS. The 6 vowels are: a, e, i, o, u, y. The other 20 letters are consonants.
Letter Phonetics Like
Letter Phonetics Like
A/a
[a]
ah
N/n
[ɛn]
enn
B/b
[be]
bay
O/o
[o]
oh
C/c
[se]
say
P/p
[pe]
pay
D/d
[de]
day
Q/q
[ky]
kew
E/e
[ø]
euh
R/r
[ɛʁ]
air
F/f
[ɛf]
eff
S/s
[ɛs]
ess
G/g
[ʒe]
jay
T/t
[te]
tay
H/h
[aʃ]
ash
U/u
[y]
ew
I/i
[i]
ee
V/v
[ve]
vay
J/j
[ʒi]
zhee
K/k
[ka]
ka
X/x
[iks]
eeks
L/l
[ɛl]
ell
Y/y
[igʁɛk]
ee-grek
M/m
[ɛm]
emm
Z/z
[zɛd]
zed
W / w [dubləve] doobleuh-vay
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