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発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪkˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/
• 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

1. A more distinct or prominent form.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

     The secretary withdrew with an accentuation of his unhappy manner. It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms.

2. 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[.]

3. (ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

派生語