Which Accent Is Missing from These French Words?

Le caleçon uses the French cédille. The word means underwear! Ooh la la.

Le canapé in French means "the sofa." It uses the accent aigu, which only appears over the letter E.

We all want to visit le vieux château. It means "the old castle" and it employs the accent circonflexe.

Où quite simply means "where." As you can see, it employs the accent grave.

Les garçons means "the boys" in French. It also uses the cédille.

Here we have the popular French word, le café. This is the word for coffee, and it uses the accent aigu.

Une fête is a party, gathering or feast. It uses the accent circonflexe.

Voilà! This is a very famous French expression that means "there you go!" It uses the accent grave.

Noël means Christmas, of course! It uses the remarkable accent tréma.

Reçu is the French word for receipt. You notice that the cédille is employed here.

Soufflé is a fine French dish, which uses the accent aigu in its name. The word means "breath."

Le dîner is the evening meal. It also uses the accent circonflexe.

L'aïeul is the word for "ancestor." This is a good example of the accent tréma.

The accented é is pronounced as ay. This is the accent aigu.

The French word for summer is été. It uses a double accent aigu.

The French word for mother is mère. It uses the accent grave.

L'hôtel is the word for "hotel." It uses the accent circonflexe.

Only three French vowels can use the grave accent. These are à, è and ù.

Ça dure... This little phrase means "It lasts." For instance, true love in Paris. Ça dure...

Bien sûr means "of course." So, of course it uses the accent circonflexe.

The accent è is pronounced as "eh." Remember, this is the accent grave.

Une espèce is the French word for type, or species. It employees the accent grave.

The French word for doctor is médecin. It is pronounced may-deh-sehn.

The word that means the French language is Français. It uses the cedilla or cédille accent

The French word for forest is forêt. It uses the circonflexe accent.

The French word for stifle is étouffer. It employees the accent aigu.

Une lèvre is the French word for "lip." It also uses the accent grave.

The word holà means "whoa there!" That's the only thing the French and Spanish have in common.

The word déjà uses both the accent grave and aigu. It's the French word for "already."

The word for room is une pièce. It can also mean a coin or play.

The French word for market is marché. It uses the accent aigu.

We all know that everything French is très chic. It means "very" and it uses the accent grave.

The word for second, or second place, is deuxième. It uses the accent grave.

The French word for Jamaica is Jamaïque. It uses the tréma accent.

The French word for coincidence is coïncidence. It is pronounced ko-ehn-see-dahns.