In Czech, it is used only on vowels, and denotes lengthening, as it also does in Hungarian, which has a double version that typographers call a hungarumlaut.
In Polish, it's known as a kreska and is used on consonants to indicate palatalization. It has the same function in Croatian and Bosnian, but is used only on the letter C. In Czech, it is used only on vowels, and denotes lengthening, as it also does in Hungarian, which has a double version that typographers call a hungarumlaut. In Dutch, Greek, and Spanish, it marks a stressed syllable, but for 10 points, what diacritical mark is best known to Canadians to indicate a higher vowel sound on the letter E in French and in French loan words such as résumé?
In Polish, it's known as a kreska and is used on consonants to indicate palatalization.
acute accent (accept accent aigu)