accentuation

English

Etymology

• (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation.
• accentuate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæk.ˌsɛn.tʃə.ˈweɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪk.ˌsɛn.tʃə.ˈweɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

1. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
2. (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Translations

act of accentuating

• French: accentuation (fr) f
• Greek: τονισμός (el) m (tonismós)
• Interlingue:
• Latvian: akcentuācija f, akcentēšana f
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• Portuguese: acentuação (pt) f
• Turkish: vurgulama (tr)

pitch or modulation of the voice

• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: acentuação (pt) f
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Translations to be checked

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

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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.