acute accent
Meaning
Noun
- : A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
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Origin
- From Latin accentus ("accent") acūtus, a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία ("accent") ὀξύς.
- Cognate to French accent aigu.
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