acute accent

This is resolved by the use of the acute accent.

The acute accent is used to mark the primary stress of a word.

Other long vowels are written with a single acute accent.

Acute accents may be used to emphasize a word in a phrase.

Sometimes, the acute accent changes the sound of the whole word by giving it stress in a sentence.

The acute accent is written according to the general accentuation rules.

It is usual to use an acute accent symbol for this purpose.

The acute accent is one of many similar marks called diacritics.

In the following examples, acute accents show the placement of word stress.

In these words, the acute accent is not optional.

In the following data where primary stress appears it will be shown as an "acute accent."

Using an acute accent is always optional, never required.

In Dutch, the acute accent can also be used to emphasize an individual word within a sentence.

Dozens more letters with the acute accent are available in Unicode.

Long vowels are indicated by an acute accent or a ring.

The acute accent fell out of favor by the 19th century.

Many Norwegian words which came from French keep an acute accent.

The acute accent is mainly used to tell readers about the sound of vowels in words.

Since it does not lengthen, the acute accent is marked by a grave.

There is also a contrastive high tone, indicated here by an acute accent.

The single quote ' is normally used for an acute accent.

Grave and acute accents are used on a very small number of words, mostly loanwords.

The word pâté has both a circumflex and an acute accent.

Below are the general rules for the use of the acute accent and the circumflex in Portuguese.

The acute accent ( ' ) is a mark in many written languages.