pitch accent

pitch accent

English

Noun

pitch accent (plural pitch accents)

1. (phonology) 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.

Translations

phonology

Chinese: Mandarin: 音高重音 (yīngāo zhòngyīn) French: accent de hauteur m, accent tonal m Japanese: 高低アクセント (こうていアクセント, 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) Polish: akcent toniczny m

Portuguese: acento tonal m, acento musical m, acento de altura m Russian: тональное ударе́ние n (tonalʹnoje udarénije) (tonál’noje udarénije), тоническое ударе́ние n (toničeskoje udarénije) (toníčeskoje udarénije), тоновое ударе́ние n (tonovoje udarénije) (tónovoje udarénije) Spanish: acento tonal m, acento musical m Swedish: ordaccent, tonaccent, musikalisk accent