acute

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English acute (“of a disease or fever: starting suddenly and lasting for a short time; of a humour: irritating, sharp”), from Latin acūta, from acūtus (“sharp, sharpened”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to make pointed, sharpen, whet”), from acus (“needle, pin”). The word is cognate to ague (“acute, intermittent fever”). As regards the noun, which is derived from the verb, compare Middle English acūte (“severe but short-lived fever; of blood: corrosiveness, sharpness; musical note of high pitch”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkjuːt/ (General American) enPR: ə-kyo͞ot′, IPA(key): /əˈkjut/ Rhymes: -uːt === Adjective === acute (comparative acuter or more acute, superlative acutest or most acute) Brief, quick, short. Synonyms: fast, rapid Antonyms: leisurely, slow High or shrill. Antonym: grave Intense; sensitive; sharp. Synonyms: keen, powerful, strong, peracute Antonyms: dull, obtuse, slow, witless Urgent. Synonyms: emergent, pressing, sudden (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base). Antonyms: obtuse, subacute (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees. Antonym: obtuse (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. Synonym: acute-angled Antonyms: obtuse, obtuse-angled (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others. (phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) Coordinate term: grave (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage. (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity. Antonym: chronic Coordinate terms: preacute, subacute, postacute (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ague ==== Translations ==== === Noun === acute (plural acutes) (medicine, informal) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. (linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others. Antonym: grave (orthography) An acute accent (´). ==== Translations ==== === Verb === acute (third-person singular simple present acutes, present participle acuting, simple past and past participle acuted) (transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to. (transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === acute (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === AUTEC, Ceuta == Asturian == === Verb === acute first/third-person singular present subjunctive of acutar == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈky.tə/ === Adjective === acute inflection of acuut: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kyt/ Homophone: acutes === Adjective === acute feminine singular of acut == Interlingua == === Adjective === acute (not comparable) acute == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈku.te/ Rhymes: -ute Hyphenation: a‧cù‧te === Adjective === acute f pl feminine plural of acuto === Anagrams === caute == Latin == === Participle === acūte vocative masculine singular of acūtus === References === “acute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “acute”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.