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grave accent

Translation
grave accent
grave accent [gräv, grāv]
n.
a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
a) the quality or length of a vowel, as in French chère
b) in French, a distinction in meaning, as in où, “where” and ou, “or”
c) secondary stress as in týpewrìter
d) full pronunciation of a syllable normally elided in speech, as in lovèd

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