accentuation

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

accentuation f (plural accentuations)

  1. stressing, accenting

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