acute accent in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for acute accent in the English»French Dictionary

acute accent N LING

acute accent

accent m aigu

Translations for acute accent in the French»English Dictionary

accent aigu/grave

acute/grave accent

Translations for acute accent in the English»French Dictionary

I.accent N [Brit ˈaks(ə)nt, ˈaksɛnt, Am ˈækˌsɛnt] (gen)

accent LING, MUS fig

accent m

in or with a French accent

avec un accent français

to put the accent on sth

mettre l'accent sur qc

with the accent on quality

avec l'accent mis sur la qualité

II.accent VB trans [Brit akˈsɛnt, Am ˈækˌsɛnt, ækˈsɛnt]

1. accent:

accent LING, MUS

accentuer

2. accent fig issue, point:

accent

souligner

acute [Brit əˈkjuːt, Am əˈkjut] ADJ

1. acute (intense):

acute anxiety, grief

vif/vive

acute boredom, remorse

profond

to cause sb acute embarrassment

beaucoup embarrasser qn

2. acute MED:

acute condition, illness, symptom

aigu/aiguë

acute patient

urgence f

acute care

soins mpl d'urgence

acute hospital

hôpital m spécialisé dans les soins d'urgence

3. acute (grave):

acute crisis, shortage, situation

grave

4. acute (keen):

acute person, mind

pénétrant

acute intelligence

aigu/aiguë

to have acute eyesight/hearing

avoir la vue/l'oreille fine

to have an acute sense of smell

avoir l'odorat fin

acute accent in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for acute accent in the English»French Dictionary

acute angle, accent

aigu (aigüe)

Translations for acute accent in the English»French Dictionary

I.acute [əˈkju:t] ADJ

1. acute (serious):

acute illness, pain

aigu (aigüe)

acute difficulties

grave

acute nervousness, anxiety

vif (vive)

an acute sense of embarrassment/injustice

un profond sentiment de gêne/d'injustice

an acute shortage of sth

une sévère pénurie de qc

2. acute (sharp):

acute sense

fin(e)

acute observation

perspicace

3. acute (clever):

acute

avisé(e)

4. acute MATH, LING:

acute angle, accent

aigu (aigüe)

II.acute [əˈkju:t] N LING

acute

accent m aigu

accent¹ [ˈæksənt, Am -sent] N

1. accent (pronunciation):

accent

accent m

a broad accent

un accent prononcé

2. accent (mark):

accent

accent m

3. accent LIT, MUS:

accent

accentuation f

accent² [ækˈsent] VB trans

1. accent LIT, MUS:

accent

accentuer

2. accent fig:

accent

souligner

to accent an aspect

mettre l'accent sur un aspect

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Exceptions to this rule are indicated by placing an acute accent on the stressed vowel.

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The diacritic signs in use include the acute accent, grave accent and the circumflex.

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The acute accent and diaeresis are also occasionally used, to denote stress and vowel separation respectively.

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In the following data where primary stress appears it will be shown as an acute accent.

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The acute accent was pronounced with rising intonation, while the circumflex accent had a falling intonation.

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In specialized literature, they are marked with a tilde or an acute accent respectively.

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An acute accent is used when stress falls on the ante-penult.

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When they are long (indicated in the spelling with the acute accent: and), they are always syllabic.

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Although stress is mostly predictable, the linguistic system uses the acute accent to indicate predictable main stress.

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The first part of the diphthong becomes longer and more tense under the acute accent.

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