acute accent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”). Cognate to French accent aigu. === Pronunciation === === Noun === acute accent (plural acute accents) (orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems. ==== Hypernyms ==== accent ==== Derived terms ==== double acute accent ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === accent acute