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gravo-acute accent

UK/ˌɡɹɑːvəʊəˈkjuːt ˈæksənt/

gravo-acute accent noun: a dipping tone, or the diacritic that denotes it, similar in form to the breve (˘) and the háček (ˇ).

Noun

gravo-acute accent (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete, rare) A dipping tone, or the diacritic that denotes it, similar in form to the breve (˘) and the háček (ˇ).
    • Mr. Walker does triumphantly claim the discovery of the inverted circumflex accent, or the downward and upward continued movement. Yet, if it is correctly inferred from the dates of publication, and from Mr. Walker’s rather derisive allusion to Mr. Steele’s essay, that the latter author preceded...1827, James Rush, The Philosophy of the Human Voice, pages ix–x
    • ( ˘ ) Gravo-acute accent, or gravo-acute circumflex.1841, Andrew Comstock, “Explanation of the characters used in the exercises in reading and declamation”, in A System of Elocution, page 200

Origin of gravo-acute accent

From gravo- + acute + accent.

Questions about gravo-acute accent

What does gravo-acute accent mean?
Gravo-acute accent means a dipping tone, or the diacritic that denotes it, similar in form to the breve (˘) and the háček (ˇ).
What part of speech is gravo-acute accent?
Gravo-acute accent is a noun.
How do you pronounce gravo-acute accent?
Gravo-acute accent is pronounced /ˌɡɹɑːvəʊəˈkjuːt ˈæksənt/ (UK).

Words near gravo-acute accent in the dictionary

  1. Gravley
  2. Gravleys
  3. Gravlin
  4. Gravlins
  5. gravo-
  6. gravo-acute accent
  7. gravogyro
  8. gravomagnetic
  9. Gravon
  10. gravothermal
  11. gravoturbulent

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