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Grave accent
(pronounced GRAHV, not GRAYV): The "backwards" accent (diacritic) mark that is written on vowels like à or è. (It contrasts with the acute accent on á and é. ) It has been used to write a number of different things (e.g. Secondary stress, low tone).
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