résumé with "tildes" ?

Question

I am curious. I have seen the word resume written as : "résumé". Could anyone explain these "tildes" on both e's?? We have a lot of "tildes" in Spanish, but I have never seen them in English.

Answer 1

Spelled closely in Spanish.

currículum vítae.

(Loc. lat.; literalmente, 'carrera de la vida').

1. m. Relación de los títulos, honores, cargos, trabajos realizados, datos biográficos, etc., que califican a una persona.

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Answer 2

"Résumé" is also another term for curriculum vitae. It is a French term adopted for use in English as well.

Answer 3

English uses diacritical marks only in words of foreign origin.

I've been told that "Résumé" is French meaning "summary."

Thanks Marianne, I did not know about diacritical marks in English. It seems to me that "résumé comes from French - RicardoP, Sep 6, 2009