Meaning of gravo-acute accent | Babel Free
/ˌɡɹɑːvəʊəˈkjuːt ˈæksənt/Definitions
A dipping tone, or the diacritic that denotes it, similar in form to the breve (˘) and the háček (ˇ).
no-plural, obsolete, rare
Examples
“Mr. Walker does triumphantly claim the discovery of the inverted circumflex accent, or the downward and upward continued movement. Yet, if it is correctly inferred from the dates of publication, and from Mr. Walker’s rather derisive allusion to Mr. Steele’s essay, that the latter author preceded him, he might have found, in Mr. Steele’s gravo-acute accent, proof of the real existence of his newly found function of the voice.”
“( ˘ ) Gravo-acute accent, or gravo-acute circumflex.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.