Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable)A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

    Gravis

    гра́висgrávis, тупо́е ударе́ниеtupóje udarénije

    гра́вісhrávis, тупи́й на́голосtupýj náholos

More definitions
  • a mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Examples

1 sentences
  1. There are words with a grave accent.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
diacritic mark (ˋ):
Русский
By meaning 1
diacritic mark (ˋ):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
diacritic mark (ˋ):

Forms

plural: grave accents
Singulargrave accent
Pluralgrave accents

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation:grave

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grave accent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto