EuroLex/F/Grave accent

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  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: accent grave - 1. a diacritic mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English grave accent 17c. 'meaning 1' '...' http://www.allwords.com
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French accent grave ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Accent grave ... 'meaning 1

in linguistics also "Gravis"'

'...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...

Annotations[edit | edit source]

The word grave is derived from the Latin "gravis" (heavy), itself a translation of the Greek "barys" (βαρύς). In English the word is normally pronounced "grahv", IPA /ɡɹɑːv/, not like "grave" meaning serious or a tomb. In French it is pronounced similarly: accent grave /aksɑ̃ ɡʁav/.

Source: http://www.answers.com

Information on Other Languages[edit | edit source]

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