accentuation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪkˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

1. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:

     This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]

2. (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Derived terms

• misaccentuation
• overaccentuation
• reaccentuation

 

Translations

act of accentuating

• French: accentuation (fr) f
• Greek: τονισμός (el) m (tonismós)
• Indonesian: aksentuasi (id)
• Latvian: akcentuācija f, akcentēšana f
• Polish: akcentuacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: acentuação (pt) f
• Turkish: vurgulama (tr)

pitch or modulation of the voice

• Portuguese: acentuação (pt) f

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• Norwegian: betoning c, aksentuering c
• Spanish: acentuación (es)
• Swedish: betoning (sv), accentuering (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

accentuation f (plural accentuations)

1. stressing, accenting

Further reading

• “accentuation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.