accent aigu

Concepts

acute accent

acute

ague

Opposite of

accent grave

Synonyms

virgule

Translations

acento agudo

Akut

accento acuto

acento agudo

tiz vurgu

نبرة حادة

accent agut

Accent aigu

accent tancat

نَبْرَة حَادَّة

Akut-Akzent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ak.sɑ̃(.t‿)ɛ.ɡy/

Etymology

Calqued or borrowed from Latin accentus acūtus (“sharp accent”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία ὀξύς (prosōidía oxús, “sharp accent”).