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acute accent
noun
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 éé ) or that it receives the strongest stress in the word (as in Spanish é )
Example Sentences
He originally spelled Ikea with an acute accent on the “e,” but dropped the fake diacritic in the 1960s.
The “ñ” finally came, but Núñez stopped short of asking for the acute accent that is also in his name.
When they call a charge, there’s no acute accent over the “e.”
Forget the profiteroles and acute accents; we were landing on a rookery.
Exelrod has eyebrows like an owl with the ends sticking up: an acute accent on the left and a grave accent on the right.
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