´

See also: ˊ [U+02CA MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT], ʹ [U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME], and ◌́ [U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT]

´ U+00B4, ´ ACUTE ACCENT ← ³ [U+00B3] Latin-1 Supplement µ → [U+00B5]

Character variations

´ U+1FFD, ´ GREEK OXIA ← ῼ [U+1FFC] Greek Extended ῾ → [U+1FFE]

Translingual

Diacritical mark

´

1. (formal) An acute accent or oxia as a spacing character.

Usage notes

The Unicode code point U+1FFD GREEK OXIA is canonically equivalent to U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT.

The use of these spacing characters is generally archaic outside of pedagogical contexts. See U+02CA MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT ⟨ˊ⟩ for the tone mark.

Compare grave accent: `.

Punctuation mark

´

1. (nonstandard, Internet) An apostrophe '

Further reading

• Acute accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ankave

Letter

´

1. the glottal stop

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Diacritical mark

´

1. softens consonants

   ‎c (/t͡s/) + ‎´ → ‎ć (/t͡ɕ/)

   ‎dz (/d͡z/) + ‎´ → ‎dź (/d͡ʑ/)

   ‎n (/n/) + ‎´ → ‎ń (/ɲ/)

   ‎s (/s/) + ‎´ → ‎ś (/ɕ/)

   ‎z (/z/) + ‎´ → ‎ź (/ʑ/)

2. (Middle Polish) represents vowels with higher articulation

   ‎a (/a/) + ‎´ → ‎á (/ɒ/)

   ‎e (/ɛ/) + ‎´ → ‎é (/e/)

   ‎o (/ɔ/) + ‎´ → ‎ó (/o/)

3. (Middle Polish) palatalizes consonants

   ‎b (/b/) + ‎´ → ‎b́ (/bʲ/)

   ‎m (/m/) + ‎´ → ‎ḿ (/mʲ/)

   ‎p (/p/) + ‎´ → ‎ṕ (/pʲ/)

   ‎w (/v/) + ‎´ → ‎ẃ (/vʲ/)

Seneca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

´

1. alternative form of ʼ

Skolt Sami

Letter

´

1. alternative form of ʹ

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
• Skolt Sami language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia