accent mark
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation • Syn: accent • Derivationally related forms: accentual (for: accent), accentuate (for: accent) • Topics: language, linguistic communication • Hypernyms: diacritical mark, diacritic • Hyponyms: stress mark, acute accent, acute, ague, grave accent, grave
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