The movie is translating all the characters' French into fluent English; Lumiere's "French" accent is their way of indicating he's Belgianhttps://twitter.com/ecnielsen/status/816532546129305600 …
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And the connotations of a "French accent" - cultured, educated, snobbish - indicate those chars are speaking Metropolitan French from Paris
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Hence accents are associated w the Beast's high ranking courtiers who presumably came from elsewhere (Lumiere from Paris, Cogsworth London)
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