What is another word for acute accent?
Pronunciation: [ɐkjˈuːt ˈaksənt] (IPA) 
An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in certain languages to denote stress or emphasis. There are several other words that can be used to describe this symbol, depending on the language and the context. In French, for example, this is known as l'accent aigu, while in Spanish it's called el acento agudo. Other synonyms include the diacritical mark, the stress mark, and the accent mark. In linguistics, this symbol is often referred to as a tonemic or tonal accent. Regardless of the name, all of these terms describe the same symbol that is used to indicate emphasis in language.
