Phrase guide

grave accent

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grave

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accent, accent mark

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَبْرَة خَفِيضَة (nabra ḵafīḍa) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Bulgarian: гравис (gravis) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Catalan: accent greu — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重音符 (zhòngyīnfú) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Czech: gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Czech: obrácená čárka — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Dutch: accent grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Esperanto: maldekstra korno — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Estonian: graavis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Finnish: gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Finnish: gravisaksentti — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Finnish: graavi — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • French: accent grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • German: Gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Greek: βαρεία (vareía) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Ancient Greek: βαρεῖα (bareîa) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Hungarian: tompa ékezet — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Icelandic: öfugur broddur — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Icelandic: bakbroddur — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Irish: graif — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Italian: accento grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Japanese: グレイヴ・アクセント (gureivu-akusento) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Korean: 억음 부호 (eogeum buho) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Latin: accentus gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Macedonian: на́дреден зна́к (nádreden znák) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Māori: tohurea — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: accent grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gravistegn — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Polish: gravis — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Portuguese: acento grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Romanian: accent grav — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Russian: гра́вис (grávis) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Russian: тупо́е ударе́ние (tupóje udarénije) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: краткоузлазни нагласак — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kratkouzlazni naglasak — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Spanish: acento grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Spanish: grave — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Sranan Tongo: kruktumarki — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Swedish: grav accent — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Tagalog: paiwa — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Turkish: peslik vurgusu — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Ukrainian: гра́віс (hrávis) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Ukrainian: тупи́й на́голос (tupýj náholos) — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Vietnamese: dấu huyền — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Welsh: acen ddisgynedig — diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • Wolof: maaska tijji — diacritic mark (ˋ)