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noun, masculine

accent aigu

/ak.sɑ̃ ɛ.ɡy/

noun, masculine/ak.sɑ̃ ɛ.ɡy/plural: accents aigus

acute accent

Antonyms: accent grave

Calqued or borrowed from Latin accentus acūtus (“sharp accent”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία ὀξύς (prosōidía oxús, “sharp accent”).