pitch accent
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pitch accent
noun pitch accents
- Any of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.
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noun phonology
| Español | acentuación tonal / tónica, acento musical |
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| 한국어 | 고저(高低) 악센트 gojeo aksenteu |
| 日本語 | 高低アクセント kōtei akusento, 高さアクセント takasa akusento, 音声高さアクセント onjō takasa akusento, onsei takasa akusento, ピッチアクセント pitchi-akusento |
| 中文 | 音高重音 yīngāo zhòngyīn, 高低調 /高低调 gāodīdiào |
| Português | acento tonal, acento musical, acento de altura |
| Français | accent de hauteur, accent tonal |
| Deutsch | Tonakzent |
| Русский | тональное ударе́ние tonalʹnoje udarénije, тоническое ударе́ние toničeskoje udarénije, тоновое ударе́ние tonovoje udarénije |
| Tiếng Việt | trọng âm âm vực |
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@misc{pitch_accent_2026,
title = {pitch accent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pitch%20accent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
