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This word means "telephone."
What is téléphone (taylayphone)?
This word means "elegant."
What is "élégant" (aylaygant)?
This word means "close to."
What is près ("preh")?
This word means "French"
What is "Français"?
This word means "naive."
What is "naïve" (nah-ee-ve)?
This word means "coast."
What is "côte"?
This accent is pronounced "ay"
What is an accent aigu (é)?
This word means "student."
What is "étudiant" (ay-too-dee-oh)?
This word means "elephant."
What is "éléphant" (aylayfoh)?
This word means "to."
What is "à" (ah)?
This word means "side," e.g., "to the side of."
What is "côté" (ko-tay)?
When placed over an e, this accent is pronounced "eh" as in "pet."
What is an accent grave (è)?
This word means "coffee shop."
What is "café"?
This word means "February"
What is "février" (fay-vree-eh)?
This word means "where"?
What is "où" (ooh)?
This word means "hospital."
What is "hôpital" (oo-pee-tal)?
This word means "sister."
What is "sœur" (seur)?
This accent is pronounced like an "s."
What is a cédille (ç)?
This word means "television."
What is télévision (tay-lay-vee-see-ohn)?
This word means "December"
What is "décembre" (day-som-bre)?
This word means "mother."
What is "mère" (mehr)?
This word means "pastry shop"
What is "pâtisserie"?
This accent binds an "o" and an "e" together to make an "eu" sound.
What is a ligature (œ)?
This word means "museum"
What is "musée" (moo-say)?
This word means "supermarket"?
What is "supermarché" (soo-per-mar-shay)?
This word means "brother."
What is "frère" ("frehr")?
This word means "head."
What is "tête" (teht)?
This word means "egg."
What is "œuf" (euf)?
This accent indicates that the vowel that it is above is pronounced as a separate syllable.
What is a tréma (◌̈)?
What is cinéma (see-nay-ma)?
This word means "niece."
What is "nièce" (nee-eh-se)?
This word means "Christmas."
What is "Noël" (Noh-el)?
This word means "window."
What is "fenêtre" (feh-neh-tre)?
This word means "beef."
What is "bœuf" (beuf)?
This accent (sometimes) indicates that an "s" was dropped from an older spelling.
What is an accent circonflexe (◌̂)?
This word means "library."
What is "bibliothèque" (bee-blee-o-teh-k)?
This word means "that."
What is "ça"?
This word means "Haiti."
What is "Haïti" (Ha-ee-tee)?
This word means "forest."
What is "forêt" (foh-ray)?
This accent appears over the letters "i," "e," and "u."
What is a tréma (¨)?
This word means "shoulders."
What is "épaules" (ay-pol)?
This word means "couch."
What is "canapé" (kah-nah-pay)?
This word means "peach."
What is "pèche" (peh-she)?
This word means "lesson."
What is "leçon" (leu-sohn)?
This word means "corn."
What is "maīs"?
This word means "sure."
What is "sûr" (suur)?
This word means "eye."
What is "œil" (eu-ye)?
This accent appears over the vowels "a," "e," and "u."
What is an accent grave (◌̀)?
This word means "school."
What is "école" (ay-kol)
This word means "behind" (in back of).
What is "derrière" (deh-ree-eh-re)?
This word means "boy."
What is "garçon" (gar-soh)?
This word means "egotistical."
What is "égoïste" (ay-go-eest)?
This word means "blackberry."
What is "mûre"?
This word means "heart"
What is "cœur" (ceur)?
This word means "cherry."
What is cérise (say-ree-se)?
This word means "after."
What is après (ah-pray)?
This word means "the Caribbean."
What is "Caraïbe"?
This word means "work" (i.e., a work of art)
What is "œuvre" (eu-vre)?
This word means "watermelon."
What is "pastèque" (pahs-teh-que)?