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Meaning of "acute accent" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACUTE ACCENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACUTE ACCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acute accent is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACUTE ACCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

acute accent

Acute accent

The acute accent is a diacritic used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts.

Definition of acute accent in the English dictionary

The definition of acute accent in the dictionary is 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 or that it receives the strongest stress in the word.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACUTE ACCENT

acuminous
acupoint
acupressure
acupressure point
acupunctural
acupuncture
acupuncture needle
acupuncturist
acushla
acutance
acute
acute angle
acute arch
acute conjunctivitis
acute dose
acute respiratory distress syndrome
acute triangle
acute-angled
acutely
acuteness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACUTE ACCENT

accent
adjacent
adolescent
cent
crescent
decent
descent
fluorescent
innocent
magnificent
Oxford accent
per cent
pitch accent
primary accent
recent
Saint Vincent
scent
secondary accent
tonic accent
Vincent

Synonyms and antonyms of acute accent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acute accent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACUTE ACCENT

Find out the translation of acute accent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acute accent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acute accent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锐音符
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acento agudo
570 millions of speakers

English

acute accent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंभीर लहजे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لهجة حادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

акут
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acento agudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তীব্র অ্যাকসেন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accent aigu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aksen akut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

akut
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鋭アクセント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악센트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aksen akut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhấn sắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடுமையான உச்சரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीव्र उच्चारण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Akut aksan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accento acuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostry akcent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

акут
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

accent acut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οξεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

akute aksent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

akut accent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

akutt aksent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acute accent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACUTE ACCENT»

The term «acute accent» is normally little used and occupies the 119.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of acute accent
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACUTE ACCENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acute accent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acute accent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acute accent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACUTE ACCENT»

Discover the use of acute accent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acute accent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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MTS, Michigan Terminal System
EBCDIC ASCII GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION X'64' X'CO' A cap tal A with grave accent X'65' X'C1 ' k cap tal A with acute accent X'62' X'C2' t cap tal A with circumflex accent X'66' X'C3' Z cap tal A with tilde X'63' X'C4' A cap tal A with diaeresis ...
University of Michigan Computing Center, 1989
2
Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading
TABLE A8 Manuscripts Originating from Saint Pierre ofMoissac Library, shelf- mark, and date Spacing characteristics Format: HWB Format: HWB < 15 (chant) Format: HWB > 20 Acute accent on //: yes Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale lat. 2989 s.
Paul Saenger, 1997
3
New Perspectives on Blended HTML, XHTML, and CSS
&#160; Non-breaking space &#205; Capital I, acute accent &#161; Inverted exclamation &#206; Capital I, circumflex accent &#162; Cent sign &#207; Capital I, umlaut &#163; Pound sterling &#208; Capital ETH, Icelandic &#164; General ...
Henry Bojack, 2007
4
The Dictionary of Multimedia 1999: Terms and Acronyms
... 8c#218; 8c#219; 8c#220; 8c#221; 8c#222; 8c#223; 8c#224; 8c#225; 8c#226; Description Capital A, ring Capital AE diphthong (ligature) Capital C, cedilla Capital E, grave accent Capital E, acute accent Capital E, circumflex accent Capital E ...
Brad Hansen, 2014
5
Unix in a Nutshell
1 with umlaut 208 320 DO D Eth (Icelandic) 209 321 Dl 8 N with tilde 210 322 D2 6 O with grave accent 211 323 D3 6 O with acute accent 212 324 D4 0 O with circumflex 213 325 D5 0 O with tilde 214 326 D6 0 O with umlaut 215 327 D7 X ...
Arnold Robbins, 2008
6
New Perspectives on Microsoft Expression Web 3.0: Comprehensive
Reference Description &#211; Capital O, acute accent &#212; Capital O, circumflex accent &#213; Capital O, tilde &#214; Capital O, umlaut &#215; Multiplication sign &#216; Capital O, slash &#217; Capital U, grave accent &#218 ; Capital U, ...
Henry Bojack, 2010
7
New Perspectives on Microsoft Expression Web 3: Introductory
Reference Description &#211; Capital O, acute accent &#212; Capital O, circumflex accent &#213; Capital O, tilde &#214; Capital O, umlaut &#215; Multiplication sign &#216; Capital O, slash &#217; Capital U, grave accent &#218 ; Capital U, ...
Henry Bojack, 2010
8
Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts: The Marriage ...
penultimate) is short, it will always be pronounced with a grave accent, and the syllable immediately before it, the third from the end, will have an acute accent, as in Catulus; but if the middle syllable is long, its accent depends on whether it is  ...
William Harris Stahl, 1992
9
XLIB Reference Manual R5
Keysym Description Character XK_aogonek Latin small a with ogonek a XK_ogonek Ogonek » XK_lstroke Latin small 1 with stroke 1 XK_lcaron Latin small 1 with caron f XK_sacute Latin small s with acute accent $. XK_caron Caron v ...
Adrian Nye, 1992
10
Circum-Baltic Languages: Volume 1: Past and Present
words with the acute accent' (p. 131), delay of the pitch fall in words with the grave accent being the operative words here. Based on an extensive survey of pitch patterns in Swedish dialects, Garding (1974) makes the generalisations that (1) ...
Östen Dahl, Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACUTE ACCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acute accent is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Community leader receives Mayor's City Builder Award
... as including the acute accent on the "e", resulting in the former City of Gloucester placing the accent on all correspondence and signage. «Orleans Online, Jun 15»
2
SFOPHO prepares for 400th anniversary
“According to a list prepared by the SFOPHO, the number of businesses and organizations including the acute accent on the word «Orléans» in ... «Orléans Star, May 15»
3
The Strange History Of The Word 'Pokemon'
The acute accent accent on the E is what turns “poke” into “pokay”. It's from French, like how they use the French word “anime” instead of the ... «Kotaku, May 15»
4
9 Things From 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' Pilot You Never …
I swear I never noticed this acute accent before, but interestingly enough, her name is spelled with a grave accent on her Twitter profile. Which one is it, Sheree? «Bustle, May 15»
5
Theater Review: At Encores!, Zorba Tries to Find the Greek Fire
(The musical's original artwork featured an acute accent over the “a” in Zorba, which seems to have migrated.) Better they should have gone ... «Vulture, May 15»
6
Tobago: the Caribbean with a touch of the Isle of Wight
On the map, the island resembles an acute accent that has come adrift from its bigger neighbour, Trinidad. Tobago is slightly smaller than the ... «The Independent, Mar 15»
7
After Deadline | When Spell-Check Can't Help
“Caché,” with the acute accent, means “hidden” in French; it means nothing in English. •••. He burned through a series of campaign managers, ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
8
Close but Not Quite
This was missing an acute accent on the first e: égalité. Unless we're sure of a spelling, let's leave the French to Le Monde. •••. The party has ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
9
Think Retro: Open Apple, closed Apple
You know the kind of thing I mean; someone posts to a forum saying that while they know how to type an acute accent on a Mac by tapping ... «Macworld, Jan 15»
10
Top 5 flat white comments today
We were so tough, we didn't even have the acute accent." 2. Jonman crushed every Kiwi dream we've ever had. What next, Richie McCaw is ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Acute accent [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/acute-accent>. Apr 2024 ».
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