distinguishing the accent aigu from the more grounded accent grave. I’ll also give a few examples to help you understand when and how to use them, elevating your French from passable to parfait. Whether you’re planning a trip to Paris or are brushing up on your French, this quick guide...
degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase: primary accent; secondary accent. a mark indicating stress (as (ˈ, ˌ), or (′, ″)), vowel quality (as French grave`,acute´,circumflex^), form (as Frenchla“the” versuslà“there”),...
As we’ve discussed, the accent above the firstelisted above is called an acute accent. The accent above the secondelisted above is called a grave accent. The grave accent is almost exclusively used in French; it marks letters that should be pronounced as an “eh” sound, not treated as ...
In French, there are five diacritical marks, the acute accent, the grave accent, the circumflex, the diaeresis and the cedilla – so now let’s look at each one in turn. The acute accent – l’accent aigu –is one of the most commonly used in French. It is written as a short lin...
It originates from a French verb—resumer, which is a verb that means “to sum up.” Résumé as a noun would then translate into “something summed up.” And what is a résumé? Nowadays, a résumé is a brief, written document describing one’s professional and educational qualifications...