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acute ac·cent
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Princeton's WordNet
acute accent, acute, aguenoun
a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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acute accentnoun
A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
Etymology: From accentus acutus, a calque of προσῳδία ὀξύς.
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Acute accent
The acute accent (), ◌́, is a diacritic used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts. For the most commonly encountered uses of the accent in the Latin and Greek alphabets, precomposed characters are available.
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acute accent
An acute accent is a diacritical mark used in several written languages, including English, Irish, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. It appears as a small line or stroke that slopes from the bottom left to top right (´). The accent can indicate various aspects of pronunciation, depending on language. In some languages like Spanish or French, it is often used to indicate stress or emphasis on a particular syllable in a word. In others, it may signify a modification in vowel sound.
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Acute accent
The acute accent is a diacritic used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts.
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accent acute
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of acute accent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of acute accent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Translations for acute accent
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- نبرة حادةArabic
- čárkaCzech
- AkutGerman
- acento agudoSpanish
- rõhumärkEstonian
- akuuttiaksenttiFinnish
- accent aiguFrench
- agúid, síneadh fadaIrish
- broddur yfir bókstöfum, broddurIcelandic
- accento acutoItalian
- מבטא חריףHebrew
- アキュート・アクセントJapanese
- zhítsʼóózNavajo, Navaho
- akut, akcent akutowy, akcent ostryPolish
- acento agudoPortuguese
- острое ударение, оксия, акутRussian
- ostrý prízvuk, dĺžeňSlovak
- ostrivecSlovene
- tiz vurguTurkish
- акутUkrainian
- dấu sắcVietnamese
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