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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acute accent" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in discussions about language, linguistics, or typography to refer to a diacritical mark that appears as a slanted line above a vowel.
Example: "In French, the word 'café' features an acute accent over the 'e' to indicate the correct pronunciation."
Alternatives: "accent aigu" or "diacritical mark".
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His French passport has an acute accent, but his American one doesn't.
Not keen on the glace (where's my acute accent?) cherries on the top of Belgian buns.
It is never spelled with an acute accent in either Spanish or Portuguese, and maté in Spanish means "I killed".
Navajo uses two pitches in this way—high, represented by an acute accent, and low, represented by a grave accent.
When you need a special character (tilde, cedilla, acute accent, etc)., click on the Insert pull-down and then on Symbol.
In linguistic literature an acute accent is used for falling tones and a tilde for rising tones; the grave accent is used for short, stressed vowels.
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If, for example, all accents in a text are presented as grave accents, we keep the text as is, not converting them to acute accents (i. e., expect to find both perché and perchè).
Step 9: Arrange your apps to spell out "Ménage à Trois" Oh my god, where did you even find apps that have acute accents in their logo?
In Belgium — the only other country in the world that uses AZERTY — the grave and acute accents have their own keys, which means they can be added to any vowel.
For they solve the difficulty by a change of accent, pronouncing the ou with an acuter accent.
Simple diacritical marks, including acute and grave accents, were used to represent tones.
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