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acute ˈac·cent N LING

acute accent

Akut m spec

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Words that do not follow the default stress have an acute accent over the stressed vowel. en.wikipedia.org

In particular, the acute accent, when depicted as a graph, has a curve with pitch similar to the circumflex, but more sudden. en.wikipedia.org

He indicated vowel length with a circumflex, and stress with an acute accent, but only when it does not occur where expected. en.wikipedia.org

There are two diacritical symbols, the acute accent which indicates stress and the diaeresis marking a vowel letter as not being part of a digraph. en.wikipedia.org

Stress is generally not indicated, but can be marked by placing an acute accent over the stressed vowel. en.wikipedia.org

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

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

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

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

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

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