acute accentBrE /əˌkjuːt ˈæksent/ 🔊NAmE /əˌkjuːt ˈæksent/ 🔊 nounthe mark placed over a vowel to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in fiancé 尖音符号(标在元音上面) ➡ compare circumflex, grave2, tilde, umlaut