aigu

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin acūtus (“‘sharp’”).

Cognate to acute.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

aigu m. (feminine aiguë or aigüe, masculine plural aigus, feminine plural aiguës or aigües)

  1. sharp (pointy)
  2. (Of sound) sharp (loud and high-pitched)
  3. (medicine) acute
  4. (mathematics) acute (having an angle of less than 90 degrees)
  5. (linguistics) acute (of an accent)

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Karelian

[edit] Noun

aigu

  1. time
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