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grave accent

grave ac·cent
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [greyv noun ak-sent]
    • /greɪv noun ˈæk sɛnt/
    • /ɡreɪv ˈæksent/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [greyv noun ak-sent]
    • /greɪv noun ˈæk sɛnt/

Definitions of grave accent words

  • noun grave accent a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate: 0
  • noun grave accent the quality or length of a vowel, as in French chère 0
  • noun grave accent in French, a distinction in meaning, as in où, “where” and ou, “or” 0
  • noun grave accent secondary stress as in týpewrìter 0
  • noun grave accent full pronunciation of a syllable normally elided in speech, as in lovèd 0
  • noun grave accent (Countable Noun) A diacritic mark ( ˋ ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels. 0
See all 6 definitions of grave accent

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Parts of speech for Grave accent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Grave accent

grave accent popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

grave accent usage trend in Literature

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