EuroLex/F/Acute accent


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: accent aigu - 1. a diacritic mark placed above a vowel to indicate the quality of pronunciation

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
The word "aigu" is derived from the Latin accutus ("sharp"), itself a loan translation of the Greek ὀξύς (oxýs) source: http://www.answers.com

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