accent aigu

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Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French accent aigu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

accent aigu n (plural accents aigus or accent aigus)

  1. (orthography) acute accent
    Coordinate terms: accent grave, accent circonflexe

Further reading

French

Etymology

Calqued or borrowed from Latin accentus acūtus (“sharp accent”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία ὀξύς (prosōidía oxús, “sharp accent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.sɑ̃(.t‿)ɛ.ɡy/ ~ /ak.sɑ̃(.t‿)e.ɡy/
  • The /t/ is predominantly sounded, but not obligatory.
  • Homophone: accents aigus (usually)

Noun

accent aigu m (plural accents aigus)

  1. acute accent
    Antonym: accent grave

Descendants

  • → Dutch: accent aigu
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: accent aigu

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch accent aigu (“acute accent”), from French accent aigu (“acute accent”), from Latin accentus acūtus (“sharp accent”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία ὀξύς (prosōidía oxús, “sharp accent”).

Noun

accent aigu (uncountable)

  1. (orthography) acute accent

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

Borrowed from French accent aigu (“acute accent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /akˈsaŋ.ɛɡyː/
  • Rhymes: -yː
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cent‧ai‧gu

Noun

accent aigu m (definite singular accent aiguen, indefinite plural accent aiguer, definite plural accent aiguene)

  1. (orthography) an acute accent (a diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages)
    Synonyms: akutt, akutt aksent, akutt-tegn
    Antonyms: accent grave, gravis, gravistegn
    • 1985, Gerd Brantenberg, Ved fergestedet, page 153:
      [lærerinnen] kom med accent aigu og accent grave. Og det underlige skjedde at Frida Grytum i løpet av få uker hadde ført Paris inn i klasseværelset
      came with acute accent and grave accent. And the strange thing happened that in a few weeks Frida Grytum had brought Paris into the classroom

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References

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