In the French language there is a punctuation mark over the letter e. What is this mark called?

Answer 1

The letter "e" in French can have several different marks or "accents" on it, depending on the word. The mark or "accent" affects the pronunciation and/or shows that one or more letters over the years were dropped.

"é" (from left to right, going up) is an "accent aigu" or acute accent ("éternel").
"è" (from left to right, going down) is an "accent grave", grave accent ("élève").
"ê" (like a little roof), is an "accent circonflexe", circumflex accent ("crême").
"ë" (two dots) is a "tréma", diaeresis/dieresis ("Noël).

When spelling the word always say the vowel first followed by the particular "accent" (e accent aigu, e tréma, etc.) .

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Answer 2

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In the French language there is a punctuation mark over the letter e. What is this mark called?

Answer 3

French Letter E

Answer 4

There are 3 different possible "punctuation marks" over the "e" in French:

Very roughly, they are:

the acute accent: (é) - pronounced (very roughly) like the "ay" in "day"),
the grave (pronounced "grahv") accent: (è) - pronounced very roughly like the "e" in bed
and the circumflex accent: (ê) - similar in pronunciation to the grave accent, but usually denoting that there was once an "s" after it, but which has now disappeared both from the spelling and the pronunciation: (for example: tête - head - from Latin "testa")

Answer 5

There are three
Slash going up is accent aigu (aigue?)
Slash going down is accent grave
Two dots is diaresis or something

Note that of course sometimes there is no accent over the E.

Answer 6

This mark is called an accent mark to make it have a "longer" sound.

Answer 7

Well, there are THREE different marks. They are called "accents". The one ( á ) is accent ague. The one ( à ) is the accent grave, and the one ( â ) accent circumflex

Answer 8

one that is higher to the left and lower to the right (on any vowel) is calleed an "accent grave" (pronounced "Grahv," nor like a burial site). If it is higher on the left and lower on the right, it is an "accent aigu" (pronounced "ah-goo") (in English, that means "acute accent")

Answer 9

é=accent aigû "école"

ê=accent circonflexe "fête"
ë=e tréma "Noël"
è=accent grave "frère"

Answer 10

It is called no matter what.