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accent mark

noun

  1. a mark used to indicate an accent, stress, etc., as for pronunciation or in musical notation. Compare diacritic ( def 1 ).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of accent mark1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

They'll stick a b next to a k and follow it up with a z and put an accent mark over the whole business and call it a word.

It is spelled without the accent mark, and the reader is led to infer that it is pronounced as though it were a French name.

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