acuteaccent

acute accent n.

A mark (´) indicating:

a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été.

b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek.

c. that a vowel is long, as in Czech dobrá.

d. that the syllable in which the vowel appears is stressed, as in Spanish fácil.

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