| acute accent (´) |
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The ´ symbol used as a diacritic.
Notes: 1. The French call it the accent aigu. |
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Example - In English a number of loanwords are sometimes spelled with the original language's acute accent, e.g., roué, touché, and fiancé. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1609: " The circumflex is … contrary to the acute, for it begins with the acute, and ends with the grave." (Douland Ornith. Microl. 70) |