accent mark

American  

noun

accent marks plural

1. a mark used to indicate an accent, stress, etc., as for pronunciation or in musical notation.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• accent marks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of accent mark

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

accent mark

He wrote on his Facebook: “Note to news broadcasters in the USA: there’s an accent mark over the second ‘e’ in Pelé’s name because it is supposed to be pronounced ‘pay-LAY.’

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

His song titles often feature extraneous umlauts, and while the accent mark highlights different vowel sounds, Yeat seems obsessed with creating new sounds entirely.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023

There are no wooden elephants and pictures of Thai landmarks; in an otherwise sparse wood-and-white dining room, Ms. Pim has chosen a Thai accent mark, mai toh, as the restaurant’s icon.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2017

His Texan stature and accent mark him in New York, where he now lives, golfs, bridges, flies.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is spelled without the accent mark, and the reader is led to infer that it is pronounced as though it were a French name.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred