aigu.
only used in accent aigu (“acute accent”)
Meaning & usage
only used in accent aigu (“acute accent”)
Where this word comes from
From French aigu (“sharp, acute”), from Middle French aigu, agu (“sharp”), from Old French agu, from Latin acūtus (“sharpened, spicy, subtle”), perfect passive participle of acuō (“to sharpen, put an acute accent on”), from acus (“needle, pin; bodkin”), from Proto-Italic *akus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
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