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grave accent

grave accent noun: a diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

Noun

grave accent (plural grave accents)

  1. (countable) A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

grave accent meaning in Tamil, Odia, Tagalog and Arabic

grave accent in Tamil

எடுத்துக்காட்டு

grave accent in Odia

grave accent
ଅନୁଦାତ୍ତସ୍ୱର anudāttaswara

grave accent in Tagalog

diacritic mark (ˋ)
paiwa

grave accent in Arabic

diacritic mark (ˋ)
نَبْرَة خَفِيضَة nabra ḵafīḍa
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grave accent in Vietnamese
dấu huyền

Forms of grave accent

pluralgrave accents

Words formed from grave accent

Questions about grave accent

What does grave accent mean?
Grave accent means a diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.
What is grave accent in Tamil?
Grave accent in Tamil is எடுத்துக்காட்டு. See Grave accent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grave accent?
Grave accent is a noun.
What is the plural of grave accent?
The plural of grave accent is grave accents.

Words near grave accent in the dictionary

  1. gravatar
  2. gravatars
  3. Gravatt
  4. Gravatts
  5. grave
  6. grave accent
  7. grave accents
  8. grave as a judge
  9. grave candle
  10. grave candles
  11. grave dancer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grave accent (page history and authors); grave accent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅନୁଦାତ୍ତସ୍ୱର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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