Voyelle | Prononciation accentuée simple | Exceptions | Prononciation inaccentuée | +R |
a | /æ/ cat | /ˈjɒt/ yacht | /ə/ aˈbout | /ɑ:/ car, part, party ⚠ exception : /ɛə/ scarce |
e | /ɛ/ beg | /ɪ/ England, English, pretty | /ɪ/ avant l'accent → /bɪˈfɔ:/
/ə/ après l'accent → /ˈɛksələnt/ | /ɜ:/ herd ⚠ exception : /ɑ:/ sergeant, clerk (GB) |
i | /ɪ/ big | /aɪ/ Christ, wild, child, island | /ɪ/ iˈllusion /ə/ ˈpossible | /ɜ:/ bird |
o | /ɒ/ pot | /əʊ/ comb /u:/ womb, tomb /ʌ/ mother, brother, love /ʊ/ woman /ɪ/ women | /ə/ ˈatom /ˈætəm/ | /ɔ:/ lord
/ɜ:/ après w-
(ex : word, world, worm…) ⚠ exception : /ʌ/ worry |
u | /ʌ/ cut /ʊ/ put | /ɪ/ busy, business
/ɛ/ bury, burial | /ə/ ˈcircus /ˈsɜ:kəs/ | /ɜ:/ fur |
Voyelle | Prononciation tendue (toujours accentuée) | Prononciation inaccentuée (souvent dans les terminaisons) | +R |
a | /ɛɪ/ Kate | /ɪ/ 'courage, 'palace | /ɛə/ bare |
e | /i:/ theme | /ɪ/ 'college | /ɪə/ mere |
i | /aɪ/ bike | /ɪ/ i'llusion /ə/ 'possible | /aɪə/ fire |
o | /əʊ/ bone | /ə/ poˈtato → /pəˈtɛɪtə/ en anglais britannique, mais /pəˈtɛɪˌtəʊ/ en anglais américain | /ɔ:/ bore |
u | /(j)u:/ cube, Pluto | /(j)ʊ/ ou /(j)ə/ 'monument | /(j)ʊə/ pure |
Voyelle | Prononciation accentuée simple | Exceptions | Prononciation inaccentuée | +R |
ai/ay, ei/ey | /ɛɪ/ bait / day, eight / prey |
/æ/ plaid, plait /ɛ/ leisure /i:/ quay, key, (n)either (US) /aɪ/ height, (n)either (UK, aisle) |
/ɪ/ ou /ə/ 'captain, 'mountain, 'curtain, ...
/ɪ/ 'journey /ˈdʒɜ:nɪ/ … | /ɛə/ air |
ee, ea, ie | /ɪ:/ meet, peace, piece |
/ɪ/ breeches, mischief, sieve /ɛɪ/ break, great, steack /ɛ/ friend, bread, dead, breath, breast, pleasure, treasure … /ʌ/ threepence /ˈθrʌpəns/ | /ɪ/ 'coffee, 'Chelsea … | /ɪə/ near |
igh | /aɪ/ high | — | — | +er /aɪə/ higher |
oa | /əʊ/ boat | /ɔ:/ broad, abroad | — | /ɔ:/ boar |
eu/ew, ui |
/(j)u:/ neutral,
new, juice | /aɪ/ buy | — | /(j)ʊə/ Europe, newer |
oo | /u:/ food | /ʌ/ blood, flood /ʊ/ good, wood, stood, foot … | — |
/ʊə/ poor /ɔ:/ door |
ou/ow |
/aʊ/ a'bout, clown /əʊ/ low | /ʊ/ could, should, would /ɒ/ knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ /u:/ group, soup, route, rouge you, youth, wound (blessure)… | — |
/aʊə/ our /əʊə/ lower |
oi/oy |
/ɔɪ/ noise, boy | /wɑ:/ bourgeois … (emprunts français) | /ə/ 'tortoise /ˈtɔ:təs/ | /ɔɪə/ Moira |
au/aw |
/ɔ:/ caught, law | /ɒ/ cauliflower, sausage /ɑ:/ laugh, draught, aunt (UK) (US : /ˈænt/) | — | /ɔ:/ dinosaur |
/ɪz/ | /s/ | /z/ | |||
C S X Z SS CH SH GE |
races buses boxes prizes kisses watches dishes changes | P K T F PH TH |
sleeps books hats cliffs graphs myths | B D G L M N NG R VE Y |
crabs words bags deals dreams fans sings wears gloves plays |
Sibilant* | Sourds | Sonores** |