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Acute accent   /əkjˈut əksˈɛnt/   Listen
Acute accent

noun
1.
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.  Synonyms: acute, ague.





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"Acute accent" Quotes from Famous Books



... modern word only in spelling, I have, for the sake of readier comprehension, substituted the modern form, with the following exception:—Where the spelling indicates a different pronunciation, necessary for the rhyme or the measure, I retain such part of the older form, marking with an acute accent any vowel now silent which ...
— England's Antiphon • George MacDonald


Words linked to "Acute accent" :   accent mark, accent, acute, ague


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