Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaccent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-ac-cent
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Not to accent, or to remove the accent from.

Transitive verb

noun

An unaccented syllable.

Etymology

From un- + accent.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

unaccents (present, singular) unaccenting (participle, present) unaccented (participle, past) unaccented (past) unaccents (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

destress unstress

Questions

What does unaccent mean?
Not to accent, or to remove the accent from.
Where does unaccent come from?
From un- + accent.

How to pronounce unaccent

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