acute accent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 See also 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin accentus (“‘accent’”) acūtus (“‘sharp’”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōdia), “‘accent’”) ὀξύς (oxýs), “‘sharp’”).

Cognate to French accent aigu.

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Wikipedia

acute accent (plural acute accents)

1. (orthography): a diacritic mark ( ´ ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels

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• double acute accent

[edit] See also

• apex
• čarka
• circumflex
• grave accent
• kreska

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aaccceenttu
• accent acute