GRAVE ACCENT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Synonyms:

grave; grave accent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("grave accent" is a kind of...):

accent; accent mark (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)

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