The grave accent marks the [[vowel height|height or openness]] of the vowels ''e'' and ''o'', inindicating severalthat [[Romancethey languages]].are Inpronounced [[Frenchopen-mid languagevowel|Frenchopen]],: [[Italian''è'' language{{IPA|Italian][ɛ]}} and(as opposed to ''é'' {{IPA|[[Catalane]}}); ''ò'' language{{IPA|Catalan[ɔ]],}} it(as indicatesopposed thatto these''ó'' vowels{{IPA|[o]}}), arein several [[close-midRomance vowel|openlanguages]].:
* [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
In [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], the grave accent, in addition to being used to indicate word stress, also indicates the [[open-mid vowel|open]] pronunciation: ''è'' {{IPA|[ɛ]}} (as opposed to ''é'' {{IPA|[e]}}); ''ò'' {{IPA|[ɔ]}} (as opposed to ''ó'' {{IPA|[o]}}).
* [[French language|French]]
* [[Italian language|Italian]]
In [[French language|French]], the grave accent on the letter ''e'' also marks the distinct quality of the vowel, ''è'' {{IPA|[ɛ]}} versus ''é'' {{IPA|[e]}}.
