Acute accent

The Acute Accent

The acute accent is a small mark that looks like this: ´. It is placed above some letters in writing. This mark helps people know how to say the words correctly.

Many languages use the acute accent. These include languages that use the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek alphabets. For example, in Modern Greek, the acute accent shows which part of the word is stressed or said louder.

In some languages, the acute accent shows that a vowel is said longer or with a special sound. It can also help tell apart words that look the same but mean different things.

Computers have special ways to make letters with acute accents. For example, pressing a special key called AltGr or the Option key helps type these letters. This makes it easier to write in many different languages around the world.