The following table shows how to work out the names of accented roman characters in order to search for words containing them. In each case, the name begins with the plain roman character (which may be capitalized) and is followed by the name of the accent.

Accent	Name of character	Example	Occurs on
acute	*acu	caf#eacu# = café	A, a, c, E, e, g, I, i, n, O, o, r, S, s, t, U, u, y, z
apostrophe above	*apos	ya#wapos#elmani = yaelmani	w
bar through letter (horizontal or diagonal)	*bar	sm#obar#rbr#obar#d = smørbrød	b, d, h, i, L, l, o, p
breve	*breve	bl#abreve#c = blc	A, a, C, c, e, G, g, I, i, n, O, o, r, S, s, u, y, z
breve below	*brbl	#Hbrbl#atti = atti	H, h
cedilla	*ced	gar#cced#on = garçon	a, C, c, d, i, n, S, s, t, z
circle above	*ang	#Aang#ngstrom = Ångstrom	A, a, u
circle below	*circbl	p#ncircbl#t = pt	l, m, n, r
circumflex	*circ	ma#icirc#tre = maître	A, a, E, e, I, i, O, o, s, U, u, w, y
dot above	*dotab	Vish#ndotab#u = Vishu	a, c, d, e, g, h, I, m, n, o, p, r, S, s, t, u, y, z
dot below	*dotbl	Dravi#ddotbl#a = Dravia	c, D, d, E, e, H, h, K, k, l, m, n, o, R, r, S, s, T, t, x, z
circumflex (rounded)	*frown	T#afrown#ng = Tng	A, a, o, u
circumflex (rounded) below	*frbl	q#ufrbl# = q	e, i, u
grave	*grave	voil#agrave# = voilà	A, a, e, I, i, o, s, u
hacek	*hacek	#Chacek#ech = ech	a, C, c, e, g, i, n, o, q, r, S, s, u, w, Z, z
hook	*hook	greb#ahook# = greb	a, c, E, e, O, o, S, s, u
hosszu	*hosszu	peng#ohosszu# = peng	a, c, E, e, O, o, S, s, u
macron	*mac	J#omac#ruri = Jruri	A, a, E, e, g, I, i, n, O, o, S, u, y
tilde	*tilde	se#ntilde#ora = señora	a, c, g, N, n, o, r, u, w
tilde below	*tildebl	#dtildebl#aama = aama	d
umlaut/diaeresis	*uml	na#iuml#f = naïf	A, a, e, i, O, o, U, u, y
umlaut below	*umlbl	t#ocirc##lumlbl#a = tôa	l, s
underline	*undl	laba#kundl# = laba	B, b, d, e, G, g, h, j, K, k, m, n, o, p, r, S, s, T, t, Y, z

Letters may have more than one accent, in which case the name consists of the plain letter followed by each accent in turn, usually reading from the lowest placed to the highest, e.g. #amacacu# is the name of the character {amacacu} .

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