acute accent

acute accent noun: a diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.

Noun

acute accent (plural acute accents)

A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.

acute accent meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese

acute accent in Tamil

கூரழுத்தம், எடுத்துக்காட்டு

acute accent in Tagalog

acute accent: pahilis

acute accent in Arabic

acute accent: نَبْرَة حَادَّة nabra ḥādda

acute accent in Vietnamese

acute accent: dấu sắc

Forms of acute accent

plural	acute accents

Origin of acute accent

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

Words formed from acute accent

double acute accent

Questions about acute accent

What does acute accent mean?: Acute accent means a diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
What is acute accent in Tamil?: Acute accent in Tamil is கூரழுத்தம், எடுத்துக்காட்டு. See Acute accent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acute accent?: Acute accent is a noun.
What is the plural of acute accent?: The plural of acute accent is acute accents.

Words near acute accent in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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