acute accent

Language

English

Etymology

From Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#ACUTEACCENT accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ACUTEACCENT προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”).

Cognate to French accent aigu.

Pronunciation

Audio (General American): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ACUTEACCENT

Noun

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acute accent

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(orthography Category:en:Orthography#ACUTEACCENT): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.

Hypernyms

accent

Derived terms

double acute accent

Translations

acute accent

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Arabic: نَبْرَة حَادَّة f (nabra ḥādda)Category:Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ACUTE%20ACCENT Category:Terms with Arabic translations#ACUTEACCENT
Armenian:
Old Armenian: սուր (sur)Category:Terms with Old Armenian translations#ACUTEACCENT, շեշտ (šešt)Category:Terms with Old Armenian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Bulgarian: аку́т m (akút)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACUTEACCENT, окси́я f (oksíja)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACUTEACCENT, о́стро ударе́ние n (óstro udarénie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Catalan: accent agut mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ACUTEACCENT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尖音符 (jiānyīnfú)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ACUTE%20ACCENT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACUTEACCENT
Czech: čárka (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ACUTEACCENT
Esperanto: dekstra kornoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ACUTEACCENT, akutoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ACUTEACCENT
Estonian: rõhumärkCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ACUTEACCENT, akuutCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Finnish: akuuttiaksenttiCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#ACUTEACCENT, akuutti (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ACUTEACCENT
French: accent aigu (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ACUTEACCENT
Galician: acento agudo (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#ACUTEACCENT
German: Akut (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#ACUTEACCENT
Greek: οξεία (el) f (oxeía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#ACUTEACCENT
Ancient Greek: ὀξεῖα f (oxeîa)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#ACUTEACCENT
Hungarian: éles ékezetCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Icelandic: broddur (is)Category:Terms with Icelandic translations#ACUTEACCENT, broddur yfir bókstöfumCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#ACUTEACCENT
Irish: síneadh fada mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ACUTEACCENT, agúid fCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ACUTEACCENT
Italian: accento acutoCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Japanese: アキュート・アクセント (akyūto-akusento)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACUTEACCENT
Korean: 양음 부호 (yang'eum buho)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ACUTEACCENT
Navajo: zhítsʼóózCategory:Terms with Navajo translations#ACUTEACCENT
Norwegian:
Bokmål: akutt (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACUTEACCENT, akutt aksent mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACUTEACCENT, akutt-tegn nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACUTEACCENT, accent aigu mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ACUTEACCENT
Polish: akcent ostry mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACUTEACCENT, akcent akutowy (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACUTEACCENT, akut (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACUTEACCENT
Portuguese: acento agudo (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACUTEACCENT
Russian: аку́т (ru) m (akút)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ACUTEACCENT, окси́я (ru) f (oksíja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ACUTEACCENT, о́строе ударе́ние (ru) n (óstroje udarénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Slovak: dĺžeňCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ACUTEACCENT, ostrý prízvuk mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ACUTEACCENT
Slovene: ostrivec (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ACUTEACCENT
Spanish: tilde (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACUTEACCENT, acento agudo mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACUTEACCENT
Sranan Tongo: letimarkiCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#ACUTEACCENT
Swedish: akut accent (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#ACUTEACCENT
Tagalog: pahilis (tl)Category:Terms with Tagalog translations#ACUTEACCENT
Turkish: tiz vurguCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#ACUTEACCENT
Ukrainian: аку́т (uk) m (akút)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ACUTEACCENT
Vietnamese: dấu sắc (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ACUTEACCENT
Welsh: acen ddyrchafedig fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#ACUTEACCENT

See also

Anagrams

accent acute

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