accentuate

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ækˈsɛn.t͡ʃuˌeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE0 K S EH1 N CH UW0 EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh2n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Latin accentus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accentuō Medieval Latin accentuātusbor. English accentuate First attested in 1731; borrowed from Medieval Latin accentuātus, perfect passive participle of accentuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin accentus. accent + -u- + -ate.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: շեշտել (šeštel) — to pronounce with an accent
• Belarusian: акцэнтава́ць (akcentavácʹ) — to pronounce with an accent
• Bulgarian: акцентувам (akcentuvam) — to pronounce with an accent
• Bulgarian: поставям ударение (postavjam udarenie) — to pronounce with an accent
• Catalan: accentuar — to pronounce with an accent
• Dutch: beklemtonen — to pronounce with an accent
• Dutch: accentueren — to pronounce with an accent
• Esperanto: akcenti — to pronounce with an accent
• Finnish: korostaa — to pronounce with an accent
• Finnish: painottaa — to pronounce with an accent
• Finnish: sävyttää — to pronounce with an accent
• French: accentuer — to pronounce with an accent
• German: akzentuieren — to pronounce with an accent
• Irish: aiceannaigh — to pronounce with an accent
• Italian: accentuare — to pronounce with an accent
• Latvian: akcentēt — to pronounce with an accent
• Latvian: uzsvērt — to pronounce with an accent
• Macedonian: нагла́сува (naglásuva) — to pronounce with an accent
• Macedonian: акценти́ра (akcentíra) — to pronounce with an accent
• Norwegian: aksentuere — to pronounce with an accent
• Norwegian: betone — to pronounce with an accent
• Polish: akcentować — to pronounce with an accent
• Portuguese: acentuar — to pronounce with an accent
• Romanian: accentua — to pronounce with an accent
• Russian: акценти́ровать (akcentírovatʹ) — to pronounce with an accent
• Russian: ста́вить ударе́ние (stávitʹ udarénije) — to pronounce with an accent
• Russian: поста́вить ударе́ние (postávitʹ udarénije) — to pronounce with an accent
• Slovene: naglasiti — to pronounce with an accent
• Spanish: acentuar — to pronounce with an accent
• Swedish: accentuera — to pronounce with an accent
• Swedish: betona — to pronounce with an accent
• Turkish: vurgulamak — to pronounce with an accent
• Ukrainian: акцентува́ти (akcentuváty) — to pronounce with an accent
• Ukrainian: наголо́шувати (naholóšuvaty) — to pronounce with an accent
• Ukrainian: наголоси́ти (naholosýty) — to pronounce with an accent
• Bulgarian: подчертавам (podčertavam) — to bring out distinctly
• Bulgarian: акцентирам (akcentiram) — to bring out distinctly
• Catalan: accentuar — to bring out distinctly
• Dutch: benadrukken — to bring out distinctly
• Dutch: beklemtonen — to bring out distinctly
• Finnish: korostaa — to bring out distinctly
• Finnish: tehostaa — to bring out distinctly
• Finnish: tuoda esiin — to bring out distinctly
• French: accentuer — to bring out distinctly
• German: betonen — to bring out distinctly
• German: akzentuieren — to bring out distinctly
• Italian: accentuare — to bring out distinctly
• Latvian: akcentēt — to bring out distinctly
• Latvian: uzsvērt — to bring out distinctly
• Luxembourgish: accentuéieren — to bring out distinctly
• Norwegian: aksentuere — to bring out distinctly
• Norwegian: betone — to bring out distinctly
• Norwegian: framheve — to bring out distinctly
• Persian: تأکید کردن (ta'kid kardan) — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: akcentować — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: uwypuklić — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: uwypuklać — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: uwydatnić — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: uwydatniać — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: podkreślić — to bring out distinctly
• Polish: podkreślać — to bring out distinctly
• Portuguese: acentuar — to bring out distinctly
• Romanian: accentua — to bring out distinctly
• Serbo-Croatian: istàknuti — to bring out distinctly
• Serbo-Croatian: naglásiti — to bring out distinctly
• Spanish: acentuar — to bring out distinctly
• Swedish: accentuera — to bring out distinctly
• Swedish: betona — to bring out distinctly
• Armenian: շեշտել (šeštel) — to mark with a written accent
• Bulgarian: поставям ударение (postavjam udarenie) — to mark with a written accent
• Catalan: accentuar — to mark with a written accent
• Dutch: beklemtonen — to mark with a written accent
• Finnish: merkitä aksentit — to mark with a written accent
• French: accentuer — to mark with a written accent
• German: hervorheben — to mark with a written accent
• Italian: accentare — to mark with a written accent
• Macedonian: акценти́ра (akcentíra) — to mark with a written accent
• Norwegian: aksentuere — to mark with a written accent
• Polish: akcentować — to mark with a written accent
• Portuguese: acentuar — to mark with a written accent
• Romanian: accentua — to mark with a written accent
• Russian: проставля́ть ударе́ние (prostavljátʹ udarénije) — to mark with a written accent
• Russian: проста́вить ударе́ние (prostávitʹ udarénije) — to mark with a written accent
• Russian: ста́вить ударе́ние (stávitʹ udarénije) — to mark with a written accent
• Russian: поста́вить ударе́ние (postávitʹ udarénije) — to mark with a written accent
• Spanish: acentuar — to mark with a written accent
• Swedish: accentuera — to mark with a written accent