Definition of Acute Accent in English :

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Meaning of Acute Accent in English

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Acute Accent

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Noun

1. acute, acute accent, ague

a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

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Acute Accent

see synonyms of acute accent
noun
the diacritical mark (´), used in the writing system of some languages to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed has a special quality (as in French été) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish hablé)

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Acute Accent

see synonyms of acute accent
a mark (´) used to indicate
a. 
the quality or length of a vowel, as in French idée
b. 
primary stress, as in Spanish olé
c. 
any stress on a spoken sound or syllable, as in the scanning of verse

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Acute Accent

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n.
A mark (´) indicating:
a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été.
b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek.
c. that a vowel is long, as in Czech dobrá.
d. that the syllable in which the vowel appears is stressed, as in Spanish fácil.

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