Meaning | A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. |
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Synonym | accent |
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Category | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
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Narrower | acute accent, acute, ague | A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
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grave accent, grave | A mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
stress mark | A mark indicating the stress on a syllable |
Broader | diacritical mark, diacritic | A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
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Spanish | acento, tilde |
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Catalan | accent |
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