ache

→ Persian: هاش

→ Romanian: haș

→ Russian: аш (aš)

→ Vietnamese: hát

Inherited from Middle French ache, from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca, probably an extension of earlier ha, from an unindentified source. Compare Italian acca.

aitch, The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.


i

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.


o

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


u

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.


e

The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.


iota

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).


lambda

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).


té

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.


esse

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.


ku

cue, The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.


cé

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


elle

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


ka

kay, The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.


enne

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.


a

The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.


dé

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.


ji

jay, The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.


erre

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.


bé

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.


gé

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.


emme

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.


effe

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


pé

The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.


fatha

Borrowed from Arabic فَتْحَة (fatḥa, “an opening”).


ixe

ex. The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.


chadda

shadda (diacritic used in the Arabic script)


vé

The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.


double vé

double-u, The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.


i grec

→ Dutch: i-grec

→ Polish: igrek

→ Russian: и́грек (ígrek)

From Latin ī graeca f (literally “Greek i”). By surface analysis, i + grec (“Greek”). Compare Catalan i grega f, Italian i greca f, Portuguese i grego m, Spanish i griega f, Romanian i grec m.

wye, The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.


zède

Inherited from Old French zede, from Latin zēta (“Z, zeta”), borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta, “zeta”). Doublet of zêta.

zed, zee, The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.


e dans l'a

Coordinate term: e dans l’o


e dans l'o

Coordinate term: e dans l’a

Ça t’calmera / Et tu verras / Tout r’tombe à l’eau / L’cafard, les pleurs / les peines de cœur / O E dans l’O

1961, “En relisant ta lettre”, performed by Serge Gainsbourg: