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A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grave
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accent, accent mark
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَبْرَة خَفِيضَة
(nabra ḵafīḍa)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Bulgarian:
гравис
(gravis)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Catalan:
accent greu
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Chinese Mandarin:
重音符
(zhòngyīnfú)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Czech:
gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Czech:
obrácená čárka
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Dutch:
accent grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Esperanto:
maldekstra korno
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Estonian:
graavis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Finnish:
gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Finnish:
gravisaksentti
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Finnish:
graavi
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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French:
accent grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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German:
Gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Greek:
βαρεία
(vareía)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Ancient Greek:
βαρεῖα
(bareîa)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Hungarian:
tompa ékezet
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Icelandic:
öfugur broddur
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Icelandic:
bakbroddur
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Irish:
graif
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Italian:
accento grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Japanese:
グレイヴ・アクセント
(gureivu-akusento)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Korean:
억음 부호
(eogeum buho)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Latin:
accentus gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Macedonian:
на́дреден зна́к
(nádreden znák)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Māori:
tohurea
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
accent grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gravistegn
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Polish:
gravis
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Portuguese:
acento grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Romanian:
accent grav
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Russian:
гра́вис
(grávis)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Russian:
тупо́е ударе́ние
(tupóje udarénije)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Serbo-Croatian:
краткоузлазни нагласак
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Serbo-Croatian:
kratkouzlazni naglasak
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Spanish:
acento grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Spanish:
grave
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Sranan Tongo:
kruktumarki
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Swedish:
grav accent
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Tagalog:
paiwa
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Turkish:
peslik vurgusu
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Ukrainian:
гра́віс
(hrávis)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Ukrainian:
тупи́й на́голос
(tupýj náholos)
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Vietnamese:
dấu huyền
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Welsh:
acen ddisgynedig
— diacritic mark (ˋ)
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Wolof:
maaska tijji
— diacritic mark (ˋ)