acute accent

a·cute ac·cent

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [uh-kyoot noun ak-sent]
- /əˈkyut noun ˈæk sɛnt/
- /əˈkjuːt ˈæksent/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-kyoot noun ak-sent]
- /əˈkyut noun ˈæk sɛnt/

Definitions of acute accent words

noun acute accent 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) 3
noun acute accent a mark (´) used to indicate 3
noun acute accent the quality or length of a vowel, as in French idée 3
noun acute accent primary stress, as in Spanish olé 3
noun acute accent any stress on a spoken sound or syllable, as in the scanning of verse 3
noun acute accent diacritical mark 1

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Parts of speech for Acute accent

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Acute accent

acute accent popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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