Accent mark
a mark used to indicate an accent, stress, etc., as for pr-nunciation or in musical notation.
compare (def 1).
historical examples
they’ll stick a b next to a k and follow it up with a z and put an accent mark over the whole business and call it a word.
half portions edna ferber
it is spelled without the accent mark, and the reader is led to infer that it is pr-nounced as though it were a french name.
frdric mistral charles alfred downer
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