French has four different nasal vowels. The IPA symbol for a nasal vowel is the tilde ~ on the corresponding oral vowel.
|
IPA |
Letters |
Examples and Notes |
|
[ɑ̃] |
AN AM EN EM |
cent emploi |
|
[ɛ̃] |
IN IM YM |
important |
|
[ɔ̃] |
ON OM |
complet |
|
[œ̃] |
UN UM |
* The [œ̃] sound is disappearing in some French dialects; it tends to be replaced by [ɛ̃].