# French (fr-FR)
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The following table lists the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes, the Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) symbols, and the corresponding visemes for the French voices that are supported by Amazon Polly.


**Phoneme/Viseme Table**  

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  <tr><th>IPA</th><th>X-SAMPA</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th><th>Viseme</th></tr>
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  <tr><td colspan="5">**Consonants**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>b</td><td>b</td><td>voiced bilabial plosive</td><td>**b**oire</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>d</td><td>d</td><td>voiced alveolar plosive</td><td>ma**d**ame</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>f</td><td>f</td><td>voiceless labiodental fricative</td><td>**f**emme</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>g</td><td>g</td><td>voiced velar plosive</td><td>**g**rand</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɥ</td><td>H</td><td>labial-palatal approximant</td><td>br**u**it</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>j</td><td>j</td><td>palatal approximant</td><td>mei**ll**eur</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>k</td><td>k</td><td>voiceless velar plosive</td><td>**q**uatre</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>l</td><td>l</td><td>alveolar lateral approximant</td><td>ma**l**ade</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>m</td><td>m</td><td>bilabial nasal</td><td>**m**aison</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>n</td><td>n</td><td>alveolar nasal</td><td>astro**n**ome</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɲ</td><td>J</td><td>palatal nasal</td><td>bai**gn**er</td><td>J</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ŋ</td><td>N</td><td>velar nasal</td><td>parki**ng**</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>p</td><td>p</td><td>voiceless bilabial plosive</td><td>**p**omme</td><td>p</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʁ</td><td>R</td><td>voiced uvular fricative</td><td>amou**r**eux</td><td>k</td></tr>
  <tr><td>s</td><td>s</td><td>voiceless alveolar fricative</td><td>**s**anté</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʃ</td><td>S</td><td>voiceless postalveolar fricative</td><td>**ch**at</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td>t</td><td>t</td><td>voiceless alveolar plosive</td><td>**t**éléphone</td><td>t</td></tr>
  <tr><td>v</td><td>v</td><td>voiced labiodental fricative</td><td>**v**rai</td><td>f</td></tr>
  <tr><td>w</td><td>w</td><td>labial-velar approximant</td><td>s**o**ir</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>z</td><td>z</td><td>voiced alveolar fricative</td><td>rai**s**on</td><td>s</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ʒ</td><td>Z</td><td>voiced postalveolar fricative</td><td>auber**g**ine</td><td>S</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Vowels**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ø</td><td>2</td><td>close-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>d**eu**x</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ</td><td>9</td><td>open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>n**eu**f</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>œ̃</td><td>9\~</td><td>nasal open-mid front rounded vowel</td><td>br**un**</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ə</td><td>@</td><td>mid central vowel</td><td>j**e**</td><td>@</td></tr>
  <tr><td>a</td><td>a</td><td>open front unrounded vowel</td><td>t**a**ble</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɑ̃</td><td>A\~</td><td>nasal open back unrounded vowel</td><td>cam**em**bert</td><td>a</td></tr>
  <tr><td>e</td><td>e</td><td>close-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>march**é**</td><td>e</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ</td><td>E</td><td>open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>n**ei**ge</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɛ̃</td><td>E\~</td><td>nasal open-mid front unrounded vowel</td><td>sap**in**</td><td>E</td></tr>
  <tr><td>i</td><td>i</td><td>close front unrounded vowel</td><td>m**i**lle</td><td>i</td></tr>
  <tr><td>o</td><td>o</td><td>close-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h**ô**pital</td><td>o</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ</td><td>O</td><td>open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>h**o**mme</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ɔ̃</td><td>O\~</td><td>nasal open-mid back rounded vowel</td><td>b**on**</td><td>O</td></tr>
  <tr><td>u</td><td>u</td><td>close back rounded vowel</td><td>s**ou**s</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td>y</td><td>y</td><td>close front rounded vowel</td><td>d**u**r</td><td>u</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="5">**Additional Symbols**</td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˈ</td><td>"</td><td>primary stress</td><td>Ala**ba**ma</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>ˌ</td><td>%</td><td>secondary stress</td><td>**A**labama</td><td></td></tr>
  <tr><td>.</td><td>.</td><td>syllable boundary</td><td>A.la.ba.ma</td><td></td></tr>
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