What some French characters are – stressed (8)
I believe the answer is:
accented
'are stressed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accented that I've seen before include "Stressed with local pronunciation" , "Emphasised or stressed a syllable" , "Gave prominence to one syllable over another" , "Bearing a stress" , "Given an emphasis" .)