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ékezet

Pronunciation: [ˈeːkɛzɛt]

“ékezet” is a Hungarian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. accent (mark written above a vowel to indicate its nature or quality)
  2. any diacritical mark (symbol used with a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning)

Etymology

First attested in 1791. From ékez (“to mark with an accent”) + -et (noun-forming suffix), from ék (“diacritical mark, accent”, archaic) + -ez (verb-forming suffix).

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