English noun: accent mark | |||
1. | accent mark (communication) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | ||
Synonyms | accent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diacritic, diacritical mark | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acute, acute accent, ague, grave, grave accent, stress mark | ||
Domain category | language, linguistic communication | ||