grave accent

Other forms: grave accents

Definitions of grave accent
  1. noun
    a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
    synonyms: grave
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    type 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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