grave accent

noun

A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

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Meanings

noungrave accent (plural grave accents)

plural grave accents

  1. countableA diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna mark (‘) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

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Translations

Ancient Greek βαρεῖα
  • βαρεῖα (bareîa)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Arabic نَبْرَة خَفِيضَة
  • نَبْرَة خَفِيضَة (nabra ḵafīḍa)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Bulgarian гравис
  • гравис (gravis)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Catalan accent greu
  • accent greudiacritic mark (ˋ)
Chinese Mandarin 重音符
  • 重音符 (zhòngyīnfú)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Czech gravis, obrácená čárka
  • gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
  • obrácená čárkadiacritic mark (ˋ)
Dutch accent grave
  • accent gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
Esperanto maldekstra korno
  • maldekstra kornodiacritic mark (ˋ)
Estonian graavis
  • graavisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Finnish gravis, gravisaksentti
  • gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
  • gravisaksenttidiacritic mark (ˋ)
  • graavidiacritic mark (ˋ)
French accent grave
  • accent gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
German Gravis
  • Gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Greek βαρεία
  • βαρεία (vareía)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Hungarian tompa ékezet
  • tompa ékezetdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Icelandic öfugur broddur, bakbroddur
  • öfugur broddurdiacritic mark (ˋ)
  • bakbroddurdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Irish graif
  • graifdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Italian accento grave
  • accento gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
Japanese グレイヴ・アクセント
  • グレイヴ・アクセント (gureivu-akusento)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Korean 억음 부호
  • 억음 부호 (eogeum buho)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Latin accentus gravis
  • accentus gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Māori tohurea
  • tohureadiacritic mark (ˋ)
Norwegian Bokmål accent grave, gravis
  • accent gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
  • gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
  • gravistegndiacritic mark (ˋ)
Polish gravis
  • gravisdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Portuguese acento grave
  • acento gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
Romanian accent grav
  • accent gravdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Russian гра́вис, тупо́е ударе́ние
  • гра́вис (grávis)diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • тупо́е ударе́ние (tupóje udarénije)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Spanish acento grave, grave
  • acento gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
  • gravediacritic mark (ˋ)
Swedish grav accent
  • grav accentdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Tagalog paiwa
  • paiwadiacritic mark (ˋ)
Turkish peslik vurgusu
  • peslik vurgusudiacritic mark (ˋ)
Ukrainian гра́віс, тупи́й на́голос
  • гра́віс (hrávis)diacritic mark (ˋ)
  • тупи́й на́голос (tupýj náholos)diacritic mark (ˋ)
Vietnamese dấu huyền
  • dấu huyềndiacritic mark (ˋ)
Welsh acen ddisgynedig
  • acen ddisgynedigdiacritic mark (ˋ)
Cite this entry
APA

grave accent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20accent

MLA

“grave accent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20accent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grave accent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grave%20accent.

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