ACUTE ACCENT Definition & Meaning

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 é��é ) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish �󲹲��é )

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He originally spelled Ikea with an acute accent on the “e,” but dropped the fake diacritic in the 1960s.

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The “ñ” finally came, but Núñez stopped short of asking for the acute accent that is also in his name.

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When they call a charge, there’s no acute accent over the “e.”

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Forget the profiteroles and acute accents; we were landing on a rookery.

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Exelrod has eyebrows like an owl with the ends sticking up: an acute accent on the left and a grave accent on the right.

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