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ACUTE ACCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acute accent mean?
• ACUTE ACCENT (noun)
The noun ACUTE ACCENT has 1 sense:
1. a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Familiarity information: ACUTE ACCENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("acute accent" is a kind of...):
accent; accent mark (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)
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