acute accent

Meaning

A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.

Synonyms

acute

ague

Translations

accent aigu

Akut

acento agudo

acento agudo

accento acuto

tiz vurgu

accentus acutus

acento ortográfico

virgule

نَبْرَة حَادَّة

accent agut

Etymology

Cognate with French: accent aigu

In summary

From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”).
Cognate to French accent aigu.