`

See also: 丶 and ՝

Translingual

Character	`
Unicode name	GRAVE ACCENT
Codepoint	U+0060
_ ← Basic Latin → a

Character	̀
Unicode name	COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT
Codepoint	U+0300
˿ ← Combining Diacritical Marks → ́

Character	`
Unicode name	GREEK VARIA
Codepoint	U+1FEF
΅ ← Greek Extended

Diacritical mark

`

1. A grave accent.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with an acute accent: ´

Punctuation mark

`

1. (computing) A backquote or backtick, which, like a quotation mark, encloses text.

See also

• ʻ

External links

• Grave accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Grave accent

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Catalan

Diacritical mark

`

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent greu (“grave accent”) in Catalan, and found on À/à, È/è and Ò/ò.

Usage notes

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

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Dutch

Diacritical mark

`

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent grave (“grave accent”) in Dutch, and found on À/à and È/è.

Usage notes

The grave accent is used mostly in French loanwords, and serves primarily to distinguish the rare vowel /ɛː/ from the more usual /eː/.

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French

Diacritical mark

`

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent grave (“grave accent”) in French, and found on À/à, È/è and Ù/ù.

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Italian

Diacritical mark

`

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Portuguese

Diacritical mark

`

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento grave (“grave accent”) in Portuguese, and found on À/à.

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Romansch

Diacritical mark

`

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Welsh

Diacritical mark

`

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acen drom (“grave accent”) in Welsh, and found on À/à, È/è, Ì/ì, Ò/ò, Ù/ù, Ẁ/ẁ and Ỳ/ỳ.