double acute accent

noun

A rare diacritical mark (˝) made up of two acute accents on the same letter, usually a vowel.

“ű is a lowercase u with a double acute accent.”

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Hungarumlaut
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Meanings

noundouble acute accent (plural double acute accents)

plural double acute accents

  1. A rare diacritical mark (˝) made up of two acute accents on the same letter, usually a vowel.

    ű is a lowercase u with a double acute accent.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna diacritic mark of the Latin script, used primarily in written Hungarian.

Similar
Hungarumlaut
Broader
accentaccent mark
Also see
hungarumlaut

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto duobla korno
  • duobla kornodiacritical mark
French double accent aigu
  • double accent aigudiacritical mark
Hungarian kettős éles ékezet
  • kettős éles ékezetdiacritical mark
Korean 이중 급성 악센트
  • 이중 급성 악센트 (ijung geubseong agsenteu)diacritical mark
Portuguese acento agudo duplo
  • acento agudo duplodiacritical mark
Cite this entry
APA

double acute accent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20acute%20accent

MLA

“double acute accent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20acute%20accent. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double acute accent,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20acute%20accent.

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