acute accent (redirected from acute accents)

acute accent

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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acute accent

n

(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) 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 - a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation acute, ague accent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation