Learn how to Pronounce French Onomatopoeias, Exclamations, Sound Effects
(Home) Plain Vowels
Semi Vowels
Nasal Vowels
Vowels
in sentences
Vowels
in contrast
Consonants
The French Vowels Made Easy
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aïe - cry of pain
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atchoum
- sneeze
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bang
- sound barrier
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berk
- disgust
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blabla
- words, words, words
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boum
- explosion or fall
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brrr
- cold weather
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chut
- make silence
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clic clac
- to lock
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couic
- last cry before death
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ding dong
- bell
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dring
- telephone, alarm clock, bell
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flic-flac
- rain or to walk with wet shoes
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glouglou
- running water or someone drinking
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grrr
- aggression
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hep
- you, come here!
-
hou
- used to make somebody jump
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houhou
- to catch somebody's attention
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lalala
- song
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miam miam
- it looks, smells, is good, it was good or I'm hungry
-
ouille
- cry of pain
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paf
- a knock
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pan
- rifle
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pfou
- sight of relief or I'm fed up
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pfuit
- flight or leak
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pimpon
- firemen coming
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plic
- drop of water
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plop
- cork coming out
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plouf
- a thing falls in water
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pouët, pouët-pouët
- old horn
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prout
- fart
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pstt
- you, come here without being seen
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tactactac
- (sub)machine gun
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tchou tchou
- train
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tic tac
- clock, watch
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toctoctoc
- a knock at the door
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tut-tut
- horn or let me the place
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vlan
- door violently closed or a knock
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vroum
- engine
- bêê
- goat
- cocorico
- cock
- coâ-coâ
- frog
- coin-coin
- duck
- cot cot cot
- hen
- coucou
- cuckoo
- croa-croa
- crow
- cui-cui
- sparrow
- hiiii
- horse
- hi-han
- donkey
- mêê
- sheep
- meuh
- cow
- miaou
- cat
- ouaf ouaf
- dog
- piou piou
- chick
- ronron
- cat (purring)
- rourou
- pigeon
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