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Contemporary

u

Belongs to French Alphabet.

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Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.

u

u

Sound correspondences

Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.

y

Typically pronounced /y/

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Ø

Silent after 'g' or 'q' (e.g., guitare, quatre)

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œ̃

As digraph 'un' in a nasal context (e.g., un, brun)

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