accent aigu

accent aigu

French

Etymology

From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”). For more detail, see French accent, aigu.

Cognate to English acute accent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.sɑ̃.t‿ɛ.ɡy/, /ak.sɑ̃.t‿e.ɡy/

Noun

accent aigu m (plural accents aigus)

1. acute accent

   Antonym: accent grave

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: accent aigu

See also

• accent circonflexe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French accent aigu (“acute accent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akˈsaŋ.ɛɡyː/
• Rhymes: -yː

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cent‧ai‧gu

Noun

accent aigu m (definite singular accent aiguen, indefinite plural accent aiguer, definite plural accent aiguene)

1. (orthography) an acute accent (a diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages)
   • 1985, Gerd Brantenberg, Ved fergestedet, page 153:

     [lærerinnen] kom med accent aigu og accent grave. Og det underlige skjedde at Frida Grytum i løpet av få uker hadde ført Paris inn i klasseværelset

     [the teacher] came with acute accent and grave accent. And the strange thing happened that in a few weeks Frida Grytum had brought Paris into the classroom

   Synonyms: akutt, akutt aksent, akutt-tegn

   Antonyms: accent grave, gravis, gravistegn

Usage notes

The acute accent is not part of the Norwegian alphabet, however it appears in numerous words, especially involving the letter "é" from French; allé (“avenue”), café noir (“black coffee”), tupé (“toupee”), armé (“army”) and assemblé (“assembly”).Other examples include the words háček (“háček”) from Czech, tekstilduojár (“Sami textile maker”) from Sami, and jom kippúr (“Yom Kippur”) from Hebrew.Native Norwegian uses of the acute accent include én (“a, an”) and éi (“a, an”), stressed forms of en (“a, an”) and ei (“a, an”), respectively. It is also sometimes used for foreign names and cities, such as Bogotá (“Bogota”) and Andalucía (“Andalusia”).

See also

• accent grave (“grave accent”) and accent circonflexe (“circumflex”)

References

• aigu “accent aigu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “accent aigu” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “akutt aksent” in Store norske leksikon