acute accent
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōdia, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxýs, “sharp”).
Cognate to French accent aigu.
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia acute accent (plural acute accents)
- (orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
Synonyms [edit]
- čárka (only when used in Czech)
Translations [edit]
acute accent
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