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Symbol
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French name
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English Name
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´
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accent aigu |
The acute accent can only be on an E. At the beginning of a word, it often indicates that an S used to follow that vowel, e.g., étudiant |
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`
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accent grave | The grave accent can be found on an A, E, or U. On the A and U, it usually serves to distinguish between homonyms; e.g., ou (or) v où (where) |
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^
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accent circonflexe | Circumflex. This can be on an A, E, I, O, or U. The circumflex usually indicates that an s used to follow that vowel, e.g., forêt. It also serves to distinguish between homonyms; e.g., du contraction of de + le) as against dû past participle of devoir) |
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¨
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accent tréma | Dieresis (like the German umlaut but with a different function) can be on an E, I, U. It is used when two vowels are next to each other and both must be pronounced, e.g., naïve, Saül |
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¸
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The cédille | The cedilla is found only on the letter C. It changes a hard C sound (like K) into a soft C sound (like S), e.g., garçon. The cedilla is placed in front of E or I, because C always sounds like an S in front of these vowels. |
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.
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un point | full stop, period,dot |
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,
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une virgule | comma |
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:
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les deux points, un deux-points | colon |
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;
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un point-virgule | semi colon |
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'
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une apostrophe | apostrophe |
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!
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un point d'exclamation | exclamation point |
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?
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un point d'interrogation | question mark |
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...
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les points de suspension | ellipsis |
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-
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un trait d'union | dash, hypen |
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—
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un tiret | m-dash |
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_
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un underscore, un souligné | underscore |
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°
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un symbole du degré | degree sign |
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« »
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guillemets (m) | quotation marks, corresponding to inverted commas " " |
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( )
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parenthèses (f) | parentheses |
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[ ]
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crochets (droits) (m) | (square) brackets |
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{ }
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accolades (f) | curly brackets, braces |
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< >
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crochets fléchés (m), crochets pointus (m) | angle brackets |
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&
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une esperluette, un et commercial, un et anglais | ampersand |
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*
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un astérisque | asterisk |
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#
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un dièse (Fr), un carré (Can) | number sign |
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$
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un signe du dollar, un dollar | dollar sign |
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£
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un symbole livre | pound sign |
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%
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un signe de pour-cent, un pour-cent | percent sign |
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+
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le signe plus | plus sign |
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-
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le signe moins | minus sign |
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=
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un signe égal | equal sign |
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<
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un signe inférieur | less-than sign |
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>
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un signe supérieur | greater-than sign |
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|
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une barre vertical, opérateur de transfert des données | pipe |
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/
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une barre oblique, trait oblique, un slash | forward slash |
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\
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une barre oblique inverse, un anti slash | backslash |
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@
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un aroba, un arobas, un a commercial | at sign |
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www
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www, trois w, or oui oui oui (teen talk) | www |
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http://www.xxx.com = h t t p deux-points barre oblique barre oblique trois w point xxx point com | |
