grave accent

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Noun

grave accent (plural grave accents)

1. (countable) A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

Related terms

• acute accent

Translations

• French: accent grave
• German: Gravis
• Italian: accento grave
• Portuguese: acento grave
• Russian: гра́вис
• Spanish: acento grave, grave

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