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◌̀

◌̀ letter: used to indicate that the suffix -ed is pronounced with a schwa: lookèd (IPA /ˈlʊkəd/); past-tense learned vs adjective learnèd. Often used for metrical reasons.

Letter

  1. (diacritic, poetic) Used to indicate that the suffix -ed is pronounced with a schwa: lookèd (IPA /ˈlʊkəd/); past-tense learned vs adjective learnèd. Often used for metrical reasons.
  2. (diacritic) Sometimes used for secondary stress in glossaries that use ◌́ for primary stress when full pronunciations are not given.
  3. (diacritic) Retained in foreign (mostly French and Italian) loan words, particularly when unassimilated: à la carte, crème brûlée, pièce de résistance, pietà, tête-à-tête, vis-à-vis.
  4. (diacritic, rare) An affectation in some proper names: e.g. Ketèlbey.

Questions about ◌̀

What does ◌̀ mean?
◌̀ means used to indicate that the suffix -ed is pronounced with a schwa: lookèd (IPA /ˈlʊkəd/); past-tense learned vs adjective learnèd. Often used for metrical reasons.
What part of speech is ◌̀?
◌̀ is a letter.

Words near ◌̀ in the dictionary

  1. ℝ-order trees
  2. ℞
  3. ℻
  4. ∆
  5. ∆s
  6. ◌̀
  7. ◌́
  8. ◌̂
  9. ◌̄
  10. ◌̆
  11. ◌̈

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