grave accent

G0238800 (grāv, gräv)n.1. A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.2. A similar mark used in various languages as an indication of vowel quality or quantity.3. A similar mark used, as in transliteration of Chinese, to indicate that a syllable has a falling pitch.

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(greɪv, grɑv)
n. a mark (`) placed over a vowel esp. to indicate that the vowel is open or lax, as French è, has distinct syllabic value, as in English belovèd, or that the vowel or the syllable it is in has secondary stress or is pronounced with a low or falling pitch.

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grave accent - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciationgraveaccent mark, accent - a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

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Grave Accent

an accent indicating a lowering of tone on a syllable. The grave accent is a type of musical accent; it is in contrast to the acute accent and circumflex and is denoted by the mark “. In ancient Greek, the grave accent indicates the absence of tonal emphasis, that is, it indicates the tonality of an unaccented vowel. In Byzantine texts, the grave accent became established only on the final accented syllable of a word, where it was used as a variant of the acute accent in certain phrases. The grave accent is also used in some languages to indicate a vowel’s quality; for example, the French é is an open e.

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noun a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

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