accent mark

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English

Noun

accent mark (plural accent marks)

  1. (linguistics) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
    The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent mark.
  2. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
  3. (music) A mark placed after a letter designating a note of music to indicate the octave in which it occurs.
  4. (mathematics) A prime symbol.