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Yes, the name Pierre is often written with an accent grave in French to indicate the pronunciation of the last syllable.

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What is the French opposite of an accent grave?

The French opposite of an accent grave is an accent aigu. An accent aigu is a diacritical mark used in French to indicate the stressed syllable in a word, while an accent grave typically appears on the letter "e" and sometimes on the letters "a" and "u" to modify their pronunciation.


What is the name for a french accent mark?

un accent aigu : é un accent grave : è, à un accent circonflexe : ê, â, ô


Why is très in French pronounced 'tray' even though the accent grave produces a soft e sound?

the è with accent grave is always pronounced -ay in French In phonetics /ɛ/ (from original question poster): I found that très is actually pronounced more like "tre" with an 'e' sound like that in 'jet.' Btw - the accent grave always makes an e sound this way (i.e. élève [aylev] and très [tre]).


what is the accent marks called?

in French, un accent grave = è, à, ù un accent aigu = é un accent circonflexe = ê, â, î, ô, û.


French accent symbol?

French uses several accent symbols: Accent aigu (acute accent): ´ as in áéíóú Accent grave (grave accent): ` as in àèìòù Accent circonflexe (circumflex accent): ˆ as in âêîôû Tréma (dieresis): ¨ as in äëïöü Cédille (cedilla): ç Ç

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