From formal English to slang. 2014.
Grave accent — Grave Grave, a. [Compar. {Graver} (gr[=a]v [ e]r); superl. {Gravest.}] [F., fr. L. gravis heavy; cf. It. & Sp. grave heavy, grave. See {Grief.}] 1. Of great weight; heavy; ponderous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His shield grave and great. Chapman.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grave accent — ► NOUN ▪ a mark ( ) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate a feature such as altered sound quality. ORIGIN French grave heavy, serious … English terms dictionary
grave accent — [gräv, grāv] n. a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate: a) the quality or length of a vowel, as in French chère b) in French, a distinction in meaning, as in où, “where” and ou, “or” c) secondary stress as in týpewrìter d) full pronunciation of a syllable … Universalium
grave accent — [gräv, grāv] n. a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate: a) the quality or length of a vowel, as in French chère b) in French, a distinction in meaning, as in où, “where” and ou, “or” c) secondary stress as in týpewrìter d) full pronunciation of a syllable … English World dictionary
Grave accent — The grave accent ( ) is a diacritical mark used in written Catalan, French, Greek until 1982 (polytonic orthography), Italian, Norwegian, Occitan, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, Welsh, Dutch, and other languages.The word grave is… … Wikipedia
grave accent — noun a mark ( ) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation • Syn: ↑grave • Hypernyms: ↑accent, ↑accent mark * * * grave 2 [grave … Useful english dictionary
grave accent — kairinis kirtis statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Ženklas . Kodai: 96 (ASCII, dešimtainis), U+0060. Savarankiškas ženklas, neturintis aiškios paskirties. Pakeltas aukščiau ir uždėtas ant raidės gali būti laikomas tos raidės diakritiniu… … Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas
grave accent — noun A diacritic mark ( ˋ ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels. See Also: acute accent … Wiktionary
grave accent — См. accento grave … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
grave accent — [grα:v] noun a mark ( ) placed over a vowel in some languages to indicate a feature such as altered sound quality. Origin C17: Fr. grave (see grave2) … English new terms dictionary
