"accent grave" meaning in All languages combined

See accent grave on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: accents grave [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|accents grave}} accent grave (plural accents grave)
  1. A grave accent. Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Orthography

Noun [French]

IPA: /ak.sɑ̃ ɡʁav/ Forms: accents graves [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} accent grave m (plural accents graves)
  1. grave accent Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-accent_grave-fr-noun-ixTH9Vbd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /akˈsaŋ.ɡrɑːʋ/ Audio: nb-accent grave.ogg Forms: accent graven [definite, singular], accent graver [indefinite, plural], accent gravene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːʋ Etymology: Borrowed from French accent grave. Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|fr|accent grave}} French accent grave
  1. (orthography) a grave accent (a diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Linguistics, Orthography Synonyms: gravis, gravistegn Related terms: accent aigu and accent circonflexe () (english: acute accent; circumflex)
    Sense id: en-accent_grave-nb-noun-JSYeiCPL Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for accent grave meaning in All languages combined (7.7kB)

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