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鋭アクセント (eiakusento) Japanese meaning: acute accent | Kotomora

鋭えいアクセント

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Meanings

1

Refers to the diacritical mark ´ placed over a vowel, as in é. Used in linguistics, orthography, and typography.

フランス語ごでは、eの上うえに鋭えいアクセントが付つくことがあり

ます

。

In French, an acute accent is sometimes placed on the letter e.

Kanji

鋭pointed, sharpness, edge

Related words

アクセント
アクセント broadly means accent (stress, pronunciation, or diacritic). 鋭アクセント specifically refers to the acute accent mark.
重じゅうアクセント
重アクセント is the grave accent (`), contrasting with the acute accent (´).

Etymology

Compound of 鋭 (ei, 'sharp') and アクセント (akusento, 'accent'), a calque of English 'acute accent'.