´

Translingual

Character	´
Unicode name	ACUTE ACCENT
Codepoint	U+00B4
³ ← Latin-1 Supplement → µ

Character	́ 1
Unicode name	COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT
Codepoint	U+0301
̀ ← Combining Diacritical Marks → ̂

Diacritical mark

´

1. The acute accent.
2. (linguistics) Non-IPA stressed-syllable indicator, named oksia, similar to an acute accent.

See also

• ˈ (“IPA primary stress mark”)

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Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red acute accent.

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called ὀξύς (“sharp”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ά/ά, Έ/έ, Ή/ή, Ί/ί, Ό/ό, Ύ/ύ and Ώ/ώ.

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Catalan

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent agut (“acute accent”) in Catalan, and found on É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.

Usage notes

The acute accent indicates that a close-mid or close vowel is pronounced stressed. Stressed open-mid or open vowels are indicated with a grave accent `.

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Czech

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called čárka (“line”) in Czech, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú and Ý/ý.

Usage notes

The acute accent indicates that a vowel is pronounced long. The letter Ů/ů also indicates a long vowel and is pronounced the same as Ú/ú.

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Dutch

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent aigu (“acute accent”) in Dutch, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú and Ý/ý.

Usage notes

The acute accent is used to disambiguate words when the placement of stress is important to distinguish meanings (e.g., één in its numerical sense of “one”). It is also used to place emphasis on a specific word or syllable. It is also retained in some French loanwords, mostly to distinguish /eː/ from /ə/.

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Faroese

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called strika (“line”) in Faroese, and found on Á/á, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú and Ý/ý.

Usage notes

The line is not really seen as an accent, and all the letters are considered separate letters of the alphabet each having its own name. Other accented letters like É/é and Ć/ć appear in names of foreign origin.

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French

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent aigu (“acute accent”) in French, and found on É/é.

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Icelandic

Diacritical mark

´

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Irish

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called síneadh fada (“long mark”) in Irish, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.

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Italian

Diacritical mark

´

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Mandarin

Diacritical mark

´

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Norwegian

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called akutt aksent (“acute accent”) in Norwegian, and found on É/é and Ó/ó.

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Occitan

Diacritical mark

´

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Polish

Two typographical varieties of Ć and ć.

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called kreska (“line”) in Polish, and found on Ć/ć, Ń/ń, Ó/ó, Ś/ś and Ź/ź.

Usage notes

On a consonant, the kreska indicates that the consonant is pronounced with a palatal articulation. It is used only when the consonant is not followed by a vowel. A palatal consonant followed by a vowel is indicated by I/i after the consonant instead.

On the letter Ó/ó, the kreska indicates that it is pronounced as U/u but may alternate with O/o in grammar.

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Portuguese

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento agudo (“acute accent”) in Portuguese, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.

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Slovak

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called dĺžeň (“lengthener”) in Slovak, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ĺ/ĺ, Ó/ó, Ŕ/ŕ, Ú/ú and Ý/ý.

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Spanish

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento agudo (“acute accent”) in Spanish, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.

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Welsh

Diacritical mark

´

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acen lem (“acute accent”) in Welsh, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó, Ú/ú, Ẃ/ẃ and Ý/ý.