French alphabet
The French alphabet consists of the 26 base letters of the modern Latin alphabet plus 16 additional characters. The 16 additional characters are 14 letters with diacritical marks and two ligatures .
Letters
The basis of the French alphabet are the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet:
Capital letter | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G | H | I. | J | K | L. | M. | N | O | P | Q | R. | S. | T | U | V | W. | X | Y | Z |
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lowercase letters | a | b | c | d | e | f | G | H | i | j | k | l | m | n | O | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
There are also 16 more characters - 13 letters with an accent or trema , the C with cedilla ( ç ) and two ligatures ( æ and œ ):
Capital letter | À |  | Æ | Ç | È | É | Ê | Ë | Î | Ï | O | Œ | Ù | Û | Ü | Ÿ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lowercase letters | à | â | æ | ç | è | é | ê | ë | î | ï | O | œ | ù | û | ü | ÿ |
The 42 characters in total:
Capital letter | A. | À |  | Æ | B. | C. | Ç | D. | E. | È | É | Ê | Ë | F. | G | H | I. | Î | Ï | J | K | L. | M. | N | O | O | Œ | P | Q | R. | S. | T | U | Ù | Û | Ü | V | W. | X | Y | Ÿ | Z |
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lowercase letters | a | à | â | æ | b | c | ç | d | e | è | é | ê | ë | f | G | H | i | î | ï | j | k | l | m | n | O | O | œ | p | q | r | s | t | u | ù | û | ü | v | w | x | y | ÿ | z |
pronunciation
Letter | pronunciation | Diacritics and ligatures |
---|---|---|
A a | / ɑ, a / | à, â, æ |
B b | / be / | |
C c | / se / | ç |
D d | / de / | |
E e | / ə / | é, è, ê, ë |
F f | / ɛf / | |
G g | / ʒe / | |
H h | / aʃ / | |
I i | / i / | î, ï |
J j | / ʒi / | |
K k | / kɑ / | |
L l | / ɛl / | |
M m | / ɛm / | |
N n | / ɛn / | |
O o | /O/ | ô, œ |
P p | / pe / | |
Q q | / ky / | |
R r | / ɛʁ / | |
S s | / ɛs / | |
T t | / te / | |
U u | / y / | ù, û, ü |
V v | / ve / | |
W w | / dublə ve / | |
X x | / iks / | |
Y y | / igʁɛk / | ÿ |
Z z | / zɛd / |
Web links
- academie-francaise.fr (French)
- vokrugsveta.ru (russ.)
- omniglot.com (Eng.)