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List Of English Words With DiacriticsThis is a list of loan words adopted into the English language that have letters with diacritical marks. Most of the words listed here have come to English from French. Others have come from Spanish, German and Czech. Usage of diacritics is rare where indicated. Proper nouns are not listed except when used as an eponym. Some non-English words have become "naturalized" into the English language and the accents and other diacritics are generally no longer used (for example " propos", which lost both the accent and space to become "apropos"). Many of the words below are also in the process of losing their accents but can be found in print in both their accented and unaccented versions. Other words are still most often found with their accents, often to help indicate pronunciation (e.g. frapp, nave, souffl), or to help distinquish them from an unaccented English word (e.g. expos, rsum, ros). Technical terms or those associated with specific fields (especially cooking or musical terms) are less likely to lose their accents (such as cinma vrit and pe). French words with 'o' often have the diaeresis replaced by a hyphen, becoming 'o-o', e.g. co-operate. There are also those Spanish words with the letter "", which have occasionally been naturalized by replacing the "" with "ny" (e.g. caon is now usually canyon, pion is now usually pinyon), but other Spanish words have not undergone the same transformation (e.g. El Nio, maana, piata). A bas, la, la carte, la mode, abb, adis, Ancien Rgime, anim (either the oleo-resin, or Japanese animation, which is usually spelled without the diacritic), apritif, appliqu, apr, aprs-ski, arte, attach, auto-da-f B belle poque, bte noire, btise, blas, bote, Botes, boutonnire, bric--brac C caf, canap, caon (rare or obsolete - now canyon), chteau, cause clbre, chans, cinma vrit (or cinma verit), clich, cloisonn, consomm, communiqu, confrre, coperate -ive (rare), cordinate (rare), cortge, coup d'tat, coup de grce, crche, coule, crme, crme brle, crme caramel, crme de cacao, crme de menthe, crpe, crpe paper, crpe suzette, croton, crudits, Curaao D das, dbcle, dbutante, dclass, dcolletage, dcollet, dcor, dcoupage, dj vu, dmod, drailleur, derrire, dshabill, dtente, diamant, discothque, divorce, Doa, doppelgnger E clair, clat, El Nio, lan, lite, migr, entre, entrept, entrecte, pe, tude, expos F faade, fte, faence, fianc, fiance, fin de sicle, flamb, flche, fouett, frapp, frulein, Fhrer G garon, garon d'honneur, gteau, gemtlichkeit, Gewrztraminer, glac, glgg, Gtterdmmerung, Grfenberg spot H habitu, háček I ide fixe, ide reue, ingnue J jger, jalapeo, jardinire K kmmel L lam, lndler, langue d'ol, La Nia, littrateur, lyce M macram, matre d', matre d'hotel, maana, mange, manqu, mat, matriel, mlange, mle (also mele), mnage trois, msalliance, mtier, Mbius strip, moir N naf, nave, navet, n, ne, neglige, Neufchtel cheese, Nez Perc, Nol, nmero uno O objet trouv, ol, ombr, omert, opra bouffe, Opra Comique, re, re, outr P papier-mch, pass, pt, pied--terre, pia colada, piata, pion, piqu, pi, pli, prcis, premire, protg, protge, pure R raison d'tre, recherch, rsum or resum, retrouss, risqu, rôle, rivire, roman clef, ros, rou S saut, sance, seor, seorita, Sinn Fin, soign, soire, souffl, soupçon T tte--tte, touch U ber, bermensch V ventre terre, vicua, vin ros, vis vis, voil Z zology (rare) A few phrases that use words with diacritics "Bon apptit!"; "Comme ci, comme a."; "Hasta maana."; "La crme de la crme."; "Plus a change."; "Plus a change, plus c'est la mme chose."; "Qu pasa?" See also Diacritics Diacritics
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