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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

accentual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ækˈsɛnt͡ʃ.wəl/ (US)
  • /ækˈsɛnt͡ʃ.ə.wəl/ (US)
  • /ækˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.əl/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English -ual English accentual From accent + -ual.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
  2. Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.

Deriveds

accentuality · accentually · nonaccentual · accentual-syllabic

Translations (6)

pt acentual (of or pertaining to accent) · pl akcentacyjny (of or pertaining to accent) · pl akcentuacyjny (of or pertaining to accent) · ca accentual (of or pertaining to accent) · sq theksor (of or pertaining to accent) · pl akcentowy (of or pertaining to accent)