accentuate

English

WOTD – 17 January 2008

Etymology

• First attested in 1731.
• (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
• From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  accentuātus, past participle of accentuāre, from accentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/, /æk.ˈsen.tʃu.ˌeɪt/

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Verb

1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
   • In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. - London Times
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎^[1]:

     These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.

3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Synonyms

• accent, betone

Related terms

• accentual
• accentuation

Translations

to pronounce with an accent

• Armenian: շեշտել (hy) (šeštel)
• Bulgarian: акцентувам (bg) (akcentuvam), поставям ударение pf (postavjam udarenie)
• Catalan: accentuar (ca)
• Dutch: beklemtonen (nl), accentueren (nl)
• Esperanto: akcenti
• Finnish: korostaa (fi), painottaa (fi), sävyttää (fi)
• French: accentuer (fr)
• German: akzentuieren (de)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: aiceannaigh
• Italian: accentuare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: akcentēt, uzsvērt
• Macedonian: нагла́сува (naglásuva), акценти́ра (akcentíra)
• Norwegian: aksentuere (no), betone
• Polish: akcentować (pl)
• Portuguese: acentuar (pt)
• Russian: акценти́ровать (ru) (akcentírovatʹ), ста́вить ударе́ние impf (stávitʹ udarénije), поста́вить ударе́ние pf (postávitʹ udarénije)
• Slovene: naglasiti
• Spanish: acentuar (es)
• Swedish: accentuera (sv), betona (sv)
• Turkish: vurgulamak (tr)

to bring out distinctly

• Bulgarian: подчертавам (bg) (podčertavam), акцентирам (akcentiram)
• Catalan: accentuar (ca)
• Dutch: benadrukken (nl), beklemtonen (nl)
• French: accentuer (fr)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: accentuare (it)
• Latvian: akcentēt, uzsvērt
• Luxembourgish: accentuéieren
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: aksentuere (no), betone, framheve
• Persian: تأکید کردن (ta'kid kardan)
• Polish: akcentować (pl), uwypuklić
• Portuguese: acentuar (pt)
• Spanish: acentuar (es)
• Swedish: accentuera (sv), betona (sv)

to mark with a written accent

• Armenian: շեշտել (hy) (šeštel)
• Bulgarian: поставям ударение (postavjam udarenie)
• Catalan: accentuar (ca)
• Dutch: beklemtonen (nl)
• Finnish: merkitä aksentit
• French: accentuer (fr)
• German: hervorheben (de)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: accentare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: акценти́ра (akcentíra)
• Norwegian: aksentuere (no)
• Polish: akcentować (pl)
• Portuguese: acentuar (pt)
• Russian: проставля́ть ударе́ние impf (prostavljátʹ udarénije), проста́вить ударе́ние pf (prostávitʹ udarénije), ста́вить ударе́ние impf (stávitʹ udarénije), поста́вить ударе́ние pf (postávitʹ udarénije)
• Spanish: acentuar (es)
• Swedish: accentuera (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} accentuar
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Italian

Adjective

accentuate f pl

1. feminine plural of accentuato

Verb

accentuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
2. second-person plural imperative of accentuare