Grave accent

Grave accent in Japanese

In Japanese

グレーブアクセント

gureivu akusento

Definition

Definition in EnglishA written accent mark consisting of a short stroke descending from left to right above a letter; in Portuguese it marks certain mergers involving the preposition and a following article or demonstrative.

Definition in Japanese文字の上に付ける「`」という記号で、ポルトガル語では前置詞と冠詞などが一つになったことを表します。

grave accent in other languages