(phonology) A method or application of realizing phonological prominence of a segment phonetically by loudness or duration.

(countable) A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels.

Synonym of circumflex

(orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.

An acute accent.

A grave accent.

(medicine, psychology, neurology) An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seemingly foreign accent.

plural of foreign accent syndrome

A rare diacritical mark (˝) made up of two acute accents on the same letter, usually a vowel.

A diacritical mark whose appearance consists of two grave accents.