Cyrillization of French

French		Russian transcription	Examples	Comments
phoneme(s)	grapheme(s)	Russian transcription	Examples	Comments
[b]	b	б	bateau-lavoir – бато-лавуар
[ʃ]	ch	ш	Charles – Шарль
[d]	d	д	Bordeaux – Бордо
[f]	f, ph	ф	Foucault – Фуко
[ɡ]	g, gu	г	Guillaume – Гийом
[ɲ]	gn	нь	Boulogne – Булонь
–	h	–	Humanité – Юманите
–	h	г	Hugo – Гюго Le Havre – Гавр	often in the case of h aspiré
[ʒ]	j, g(e)	ж	Jean – Жан
[k]	c, qu, k	к	Camus – Камю
[l]	l	ль	Gilbert – Жильбер	before a consonant or at the end of a word
[l]	l	л	Louvre – Лувр	before vowels
[lj]	li	ль	Montpellier – Монпелье
[m]	m	м	monde – монд
[n]	n	н	Rhône – Рона
[ŋ]	ng	нг
[p]	p	п	Pierre – Пьер
[ʁ]	r	р	Renoir – Ренуар
[s]	s, ç, c	с	Rousseau – Руссо
[sj]	ti	сь	Libération – Либерасьон
[t]	t	т	pointe – пуэнт
[v]	v	в	Verlaine – Верлен
[w]	w	в	Gwénaël – Гвенаэль	sometimes transliterated with ⟨у⟩ in loanwords from English
[ks] [kz] [gz]	x	кс кз гз	Xavier – Ксавье Saint-Exupéry – Сент-Экзюпери	according to the pronunciation of the ⟨x⟩
[j]	y, i, il(l)	й	yeuse – йёз Bayard – Байяр Guillaume – Гийом	after a vowel or word-initially
	y, i, il(l)	ь	Lavoisier – Лавуазье	after a consonant
	il(l)	ль	Marseille – Марсель	frozen form
[z]	z, s	з	Vierzon – Вьерзон

French		Russian transcription	Examples	Comments
phoneme(s)	grapheme(s)	Russian transcription	Examples	Comments
[a], [ɑ]	a, â	а	Charles – Шарль
[e], [ɛ]	é, è, ê, ai, e	е	René – Рене
[e], [ɛ]	é, è, ê, ai, e	э	Edmond – Эдмон Citroën – Ситроэн	at the beginning of a word, following a vowel, or rarely for [ɛ] at the end of a word
[ø], [œ]	eu, œ, œu	ё	Villedieu – Вильдьё	⟨ё⟩ is generally simplified to ⟨е⟩ in Russian
[ø], [œ]	eu, œ, œu	э	Eugène – Эжен Maheu – Маэ	at the beginning of a word, or after a vowel
[ə], —	e	–	Charles – Шарль	e muet
[ə], —	e	е	De Gaulle – Де Голль	only in cases where [ə] is usually pronounced, e.g., le, de, que, rebelle, etc.
[i]	i, y	и	Village – Виляж
[o], [ɔ]	o, au, ô	o	Rhône – Рона
[wa]	oi	уа	Troyes – Труа
[u], [w]	ou	у	Louvre – Лувр
[y], [ɥ]	u	ю	L'Humanité – Юманите
[ɑ̃]	an, am, en, em	ан, ам	Ambroise – Амбруаз Occidental – Оксиданталь	nasal vowels are written as the corresponding oral vowel followed by /n/ (or /m/ before /m, b, p/)
[ɛ̃]	in, en, ain	ен, ем, эн, эм	Saintes – Сент Ain – Эн
[ɔ̃]	on, om	он, ом	Comte – Конт
[œ̃]	un	ен, ем, эн, эм	Verdun – Верден
[wɛ̃]	oin	уэн	pointe – пуэнт

hard Russian vowel	softening		Examples	Comments
hard Russian vowel	After a vowel or ⟨й⟩	After a consonant or ⟨ь⟩	Examples	Comments
ʲа	я		cognac – коньяк Bayard – Байяр
ʲе ; ʲё	ие, йе ; йё	ье ; ьё	trieur – триер Cahiers du cinéma – Кайе дю синема Richelieu – Ришелье
э	⟨э⟩ never follows a softened consonant
ʲи	йи	ьи	Tilly – Тийи
ʲо	йо	ьо	Chillon – Шильон
ʲу	ю
ʲю	йю	ью
ʲ	before a consonant or at the end of a word, softening is written with ⟨ь⟩

Vowels