French alphabet
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The French alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet. It uses the standard 26 letters:
| Letter | Letter name (IPA) |
| A | Template:IPA |
| B | Template:IPA |
| C | Template:IPA |
| D | Template:IPA |
| E | Template:IPA |
| F | Template:IPA |
| G | Template:IPA |
| H | Template:IPA |
| I | Template:IPA |
| J | Template:IPA |
| K | Template:IPA |
| L | Template:IPA |
| M | Template:IPA |
| N | Template:IPA |
| O | Template:IPA |
| P | Template:IPA |
| Q | Template:IPA |
| R | Template:IPA |
| S | Template:IPA |
| T | Template:IPA |
| U | Template:IPA |
| V | Template:IPA |
| W | Template:IPA (double-V) |
| X | Template:IPA |
| Y | Template:IPA (I-grec) |
| Z | Template:IPA (zède) |
Special ligatures exist for some words:
Notes:
- 'W' is rarely used except in loan words or regional words, 'ou' is used to represent the /w/ sound;
- vowels are A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y;
- semi-vowels are Y, rarely W (except regionally, for instance in Belgium);
- usual diacritic marks are acute ( ´ ), grave ( ` ), circumflex ( ˆ ), diaeresis (called tréma in French) ( ¨ ), and the cedilla ( ¸ ). The most frequent combinations are: à â ç é è ê ë î ï ô û ù ü. Diacritics have no impact on alphabetical order.
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