List of English words with diacritics

List of English words with diacritics

Below is a list of English language words that have letters with diacritical marks. Most of the words listed here are loanwords from French, with others coming from Spanish, German, or other languages. Some are however originally English, or at least their diacritics are. One example is the "oö" in the now somewhat rare variant spellings of words such as "coöperation" (compare the original French "coopération").

A few English words can only be distinguished from others by a diacritic or modified letter, including "animé, exposé, lamé, maté, öre, øre, pâté, piqué, rosé." The same is true of "résumé," alternately "resumé," but nevertheless it is often spelled "resume" in the US, and "saké", which is more commonly spelled "sake".

For some words listed below, usage of diacritics is rare.

A

à bas, à la, à la carte, à la mode, à gogo and àgo-go, abbé, adiós, agrément, Ancien Régime, ångström, animé (either the oleo-resin, or Japanese animation, which is usually spelled without the diacritic), añu, áo dài, apéritif, appliqué, après-ski, arête, attaché, auto-da-fé

B

Beardfacé, belle époque, bête noire, bêtise, blasé, boîte, Bön, Boötes, boutonnière, bric-à-brac

C

café, canapé, cañon "(rare or obsolete - now "canyon")", Champs-Élysées, château, chargé d'affaires, cause célèbre, chaînés, cinéma vérité, cliché, cloisonné, consommé, communiqué, confrère, continuüm "(rare)", coöperate [-ion, -ive] "(rare)", coöpt "(rare)", coördinate [-ion, -or] "(rare)", cortège, coup d'état, coup de grâce, crèche, coulée, crème, crème brûlée, crème caramel, crème de cacao, crème de menthe, crêpe, crêpe paper, crêpe suzette, Creüsa, croûton, crudités, Curaçao

D

daïs, dấu hỏi, débâcle, débutante, déclassé, décolletage, décolleté, décor, découpage, dégagé, déjà vu, démodé, dénouement, dépôt "(rare)", dérailleur, derrière, déshabillé, détente, diamanté, discothèque, divorcé(e), Doña, doppelgänger

E

éclair, éclat, Éire, El Niño, élan, élite, émigré, entrée, entrepôt, entrecôte, épée, étouffée, étude, exposé

F

façade, fête, faïence, fiancé, fiancée, filmjölk, fin de siècle, flambé, flèche, föhn wind, folie à deux, fouetté, frappé, fräulein, Führer

G

garçon, gâteau, gemütlichkeit, glacé, glögg, Gewürztraminer, Götterdämmerung, Gräfenberg spot

H

habitué, háček, Hawaií, hôtel "(rare)", hors d'œuvre

I

ingénue

J

jäger, jalapeño, jardinière

K

kroužek, kümmel, kåldolmar, karaōke

L

lamé, ländler, langue d'oïl, La Niña, littérateur, lycée

M

macédoine, macramé, maître d'hôtel, malagueña, mañana, manège, manqué, maté, matériel, matinée, mélange, mêlée, ménage à trois, mésalliance, métier, Métis, minaudière, moiré

N

naïf, naïve, naïveté, , née, negligée, Neufchâtel cheese, Nez Percé, Noël, noöne "(rare)", número uno, Montaño

O

objet trouvé, olé, ombré, omertà, oölogy "(rare)", opéra bouffe, opéra comique, opïum "(rare)", öre, øre, outré

P

papier-mâché, passé, pâté, phở, pièce de résistance, pied-à-terre, plissé, piña colada, piñata, piñon, piraña "(usually piranha)," piqué, più, plié, précis, pölsa, preëmpt [-ion, -ive] "(rare)", première, première danseuse, prêt-à-porter, protégé, protégée, purée

Q

Québec, Québécois

R

raison d'être, recherché, réclame, reënter "(rare)", régime, résumé, residuüm "(rare)", retroussé, risqué, rôle, rivière, roman à clef, rosé, roué

sauté, séance, señor, señora, señorita, Sinn Féin, smörgåsbord, smörgåstårta, soigné, soirée, soufflé, soupçon, surströmming

T

tête-à-tête, touché, tourtière

U

über, Übermensch

V

ventre à terre, vicuña, vin rosé, vis à vis, voilà, vardøgr

Z

Zaïre, zoölogy

ee also

* English words with diacritics
* Diacritics
* Loan words
*
* Heavy metal umlaut

Lists

* Lists of English words of international origin
* List of English words of French origin
* French phrases used by English speakers
* List of German expressions in English
* List of English words of Spanish origin
* List of Spanish expressions in common English


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