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What is the punctuation mark called an accent over a letter?

The punctuation mark you're describing is called a diacritic.

Diacritics are marks added to letters to change their pronunciation or meaning. Some common diacritics include:

* Acute accent (´): Like in café, résumé

* Grave accent (`) : Like in à la carte, déjà vu

* Circumflex accent (ˆ): Like in fête, fenêtre

* Tilde (~): Like in mañana, señor

* Umlaut (¨): Like in über, schön

These are just a few examples, and there are many other types of diacritics used in different languages.

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