acute accent

British  

noun

1. the diacritical mark (´), used in the writing system of some languages to indicate that the vowel over which it is placed has a special quality (as in French été ) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish hablé )

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acute accent

When they call a charge, there’s no acute accent over the “e.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2016

Exelrod has eyebrows like an owl with the ends sticking up: an acute accent on the left and a grave accent on the right.

From The Verge ● Mar. 26, 2015

The acute accent placed over the "e" in his name by the French poet and by biographers, critics, and editors since was never used by the etcher.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

Transcriber's note: Nyársnóttin—the y has an acute accent.

From Sword and crozier, drama in five acts by Hollander, Lee Milton

I don't mean the lorgnette itself; but the acute accent which she contrives to give to it.

From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock