grave (
)
(pronounced GRAHV, not GRAYV):
the "backwards"
accent [2] (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 [3] tone).
[Spanish:
grave [2]]
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