The accentuation can be very different from one language to another.
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Accentuation
//ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "accentuation" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
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1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 10 languages.
French
1 entries- accentuation noun (act of accentuating)
Greek
1 entries- τονισμός noun (act of accentuating)
Indonesian
1 entries- aksentuasi noun (act of accentuating)
Latin
1 entries- accentuatio noun (act of accentuating)
Latvian
2 entries- akcentuācija noun (act of accentuating)
- akcentēšana noun (act of accentuating)
Polish
1 entries- akcentuacja noun (act of accentuating)
Portuguese
2 entries- acentuação noun (act of accentuating)
- acentuação noun (pitch or modulation of the voice)
Russian
1 entries- акцентуа́ция noun (act of accentuating)
Spanish
2 entries- acentuación noun (act of accentuating)
- acentuación noun (pitch or modulation of the voice)
Turkish
1 entries- vurgulama noun (act of accentuating)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
There are problems with homonyms in a language. I was a participant in a Pali-language discussion group on the Web. I brought up a question about the "stress"—accentuation—in Pali words. Some people imagined that I was alluding to "stress"—like emotional distress—which was not my intention. Homonyms may be a problem in effective communication.
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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[.]
Source: wiktionary
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