accent
French → English
(linguistics) Accent: a distinctive mode of pronunciation peculiar to a region
Il parle français couramment mais il a gardé un fort accent marseillais.
(English) He speaks French fluently but has kept a strong Marseille accent.
On reconnaît facilement son accent québécois dès qu'il commence à parler.
(English) One easily recognizes his Quebec accent as soon as he starts talking.
(typography) Diacritic: a mark placed over a letter to indicate pronunciation
N'oubliez pas de mettre l'accent aigu sur le 'e' du mot 'été'.
(English) Don't forget to put the acute accent on the 'e' of the word 'été'.
L'accent circonflexe a remplacé un ancien 's' dans beaucoup de mots français.
(English) The circumflex accent has replaced an old 's' in many French words.
Entry ID: fr:en:accent · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary