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acute accent
noun
- the diacritical mark (´), used in the writing system of some languages to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed has a special quality (as in French été ) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish hablé )
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Example Sentences
On many of the transcriptions used in this book, an acute accent is used when an apostrophe would be expected by most readers.
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The French word "mouill" appears, apparently randomly, both with and without the acute accent.
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The acute accent on vowels indicates a stressed syllable, which is also raised in pitch.
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Some, but by no means all, of 'ee' has the first 'e' marked with an acute accent.
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Syllable stress is represented by an acute accent either on the main vwel or after the syllable; inconsistencies are unchanged.
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