acute accent

English - Turkish

Definition of acute accent in English Turkish dictionary

(Dilbilim) tiz vurgu

tiz aksan

sesli harf üzerine konan aksan işareti

English - English

Definition of acute accent in English English dictionary

: a diacritic mark ( ´ ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels

a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Related Terms

accent acute

A synonym of acute accent

acute accents

plural form of acute accent

double acute accent

A rare diacritic mark made up of two acute accents on the same letter, usually a vowel

ű is a lowercase u with a double acute accent.

An acute accent

acute

Hyphenation

a·cute ac·cent

Turkish pronunciation

ıkyut ıksent

Pronunciation

/əˈkyo͞ot əkˈsent/ /əˈkjuːt əkˈsɛnt/

Etymology

() From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōdia, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxýs, “sharp”). Cognate to French accent aigu.